CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
CVE-2023-25701 (GCVE-0-2023-25701)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-17 06:40 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:08
VLAI
Title
WordPress WatchTowerHQ plugin <= 3.6.16 - Privilege Escalation
Summary
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in WhatArmy WatchTowerHQ allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WatchTowerHQ: from n/a through 3.6.16.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wat… | vdb-entry |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WhatArmy | WatchTowerHQ |
Affected:
n/a , ≤ 3.6.16
(custom)
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CVE-2023-25834 (GCVE-0-2023-25834)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-10 18:36
VLAI
Title
BUG-000142922 Incomplete permission changes in specific cases.
Summary
Changes to user permissions in Portal for ArcGIS 10.9.1 and below are incompletely applied in specific use cases. This issue may allow users to access content that they are no longer privileged to access.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esri | Portal for ArcGIS |
Affected:
all , ≤ 10.9.1
(Portal for ArcGIS)
|
Date Public
2023-04-17 20:08
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CVE-2023-26009 (GCVE-0-2023-26009)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-17 06:40 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:08 X_Known Exploited Vulnerability
VLAI
Title
WordPress Houzez Login Register plugin <= 2.6.3 - Privilege Escalation
Summary
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Favethemes Houzez Login Register allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Houzez Login Register: from n/a through 2.6.3.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/hou… | vdb-entry |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Favethemes | Houzez Login Register |
Affected:
n/a , ≤ 2.6.3
(custom)
|
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CVE-2023-26475 (GCVE-0-2023-26475)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-02 18:07 – Updated: 2025-03-05 21:23
VLAI
Title
XWiki Platform vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in Annotations
Summary
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 2.3-milestone-1, the annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document. This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10. There is no easy workaround except to upgrade.
Severity
10 (Critical)
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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| https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20360 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20384 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| xwiki | xwiki-platform |
Affected:
>= 2.3-milestone-1, < 13.10.11
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CVE-2023-26540 (GCVE-0-2023-26540)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-17 06:41 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:08
VLAI
Title
WordPress Houzez theme <= 2.7.1 - Privilege Escalation
Summary
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Favethemes Houzez allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Houzez: from n/a through 2.7.1.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/hou… | vdb-entry |
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1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| Favethemes | Houzez |
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CVE-2023-2679 (GCVE-0-2023-2679)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-17 12:55 – Updated: 2025-03-05 18:59
VLAI
Title
Data leakage in Adobe connector for SPE edition of SLM
Summary
Data leakage in Adobe connector in Snow Software SPE 9.27.0 on Windows allows privileged user to observe other users data.
Severity
4.1 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| Snow Software | SPE SLM |
Affected:
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(0)
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Date Public
2023-05-17 12:52
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CVE-2023-27316 (GCVE-0-2023-27316)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-12 21:04 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:45
VLAI
Title
Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in SnapCenter
Summary
SnapCenter versions 4.8 through 4.9 are susceptible to a
vulnerability which may allow an authenticated SnapCenter Server user to
become an admin user on a remote system where a SnapCenter plug-in has
been installed.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
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| NetApp | SnapCenter |
Affected:
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CVE-2023-27589 (GCVE-0-2023-27589)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-14 18:22 – Updated: 2025-02-25 14:57
VLAI
Title
Minio vulnerable to denial of access by an admin privileged user for root credential
Summary
Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. Starting with RELEASE.2020-12-23T02-24-12Z and prior to RELEASE.2023-03-13T19-46-17Z, a user with `consoleAdmin` permissions can potentially create a user that matches the root credential `accessKey`. Once this user is created successfully, the root credential ceases to work appropriately. The issue is patched in RELEASE.2023-03-13T19-46-17Z. There are ways to work around this via adding higher privileges to the disabled root user via `mc admin policy set`.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisorie… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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CVE-2023-2833 (GCVE-0-2023-2833)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-06 09:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:00
VLAI
Title
ReviewX <= 1.6.13 - Arbitrary Usermeta Update to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Summary
The ReviewX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.6.13 due to insufficient restriction on the 'rx_set_screen_options' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_screen_options[option]' and 'wp_screen_options[value]' parameters during a screen option update.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
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|---|---|---|---|
| reviewx | ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema |
Affected:
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CVE-2023-28434 (GCVE-0-2023-28434)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-22 20:44 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:15
VLAI
Title
MinIO is vulnerable to privilege escalation on Linux/MacOS
Summary
Minio is a Multi-Cloud Object Storage framework. Prior to RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z, an attacker can use crafted requests to bypass metadata bucket name checking and put an object into any bucket while processing `PostPolicyBucket`. To carry out this attack, the attacker requires credentials with `arn:aws:s3:::*` permission, as well as enabled Console API access. This issue has been patched in RELEASE.2023-03-20T20-16-18Z. As a workaround, enable browser API access and turn off `MINIO_BROWSER=off`.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/minio/minio/security/advisorie… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/minio/minio/pull/16849 | x_refsource_MISC |
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Mitigation ID: MIT-1
Phases: Architecture and Design, Operation
Description:
- Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation ID: MIT-48
Phase: Architecture and Design
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Description:
- Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
Mitigation ID: MIT-49
Phase: Architecture and Design
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Description:
- Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
CAPEC-122: Privilege Abuse
An adversary is able to exploit features of the target that should be reserved for privileged users or administrators but are exposed to use by lower or non-privileged accounts. Access to sensitive information and functionality must be controlled to ensure that only authorized users are able to access these resources.
CAPEC-233: Privilege Escalation
An adversary exploits a weakness enabling them to elevate their privilege and perform an action that they are not supposed to be authorized to perform.
CAPEC-58: Restful Privilege Elevation
An adversary identifies a Rest HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permission method allowing them to perform various malicious actions upon server data due to lack of access control mechanisms implemented within the application service accepting HTTP messages.