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.— MITRE CWE catalog
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- CVE-2023-40377MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92023-10-16
Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) for IBM i 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain component …
- CVE-2023-40378MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92023-10-15
IBM Directory Server for IBM i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system can elevate privileges to gain component access to the host operating system. IBM…
- CVE-2023-20194MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92023-09-07
A vulnerability in the ERS API of Cisco ISE could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid Administ…
- CVE-2022-35774MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92022-08-09
Azure Site Recovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-23128MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92021-05-06
Chamilo LMS 1.11.10 does not properly manage privileges which could allow a user with Sessions administrator privilege to create a new user then use the edit user function to change this new user to administrator privilege.
- CVE-2019-14838MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92019-10-14
A flaw was found in wildfly-core before 7.2.5.GA. The Management users with Monitor, Auditor and Deployer Roles should not be allowed to modify the runtime state of the server
- CVE-2018-15321MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92018-10-31
When BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.0.0.2, 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.2, or 11.2.1-11.5.6, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.4.0 or 4.6.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, iWorkflow 2.1.0-2.3.0, or Enterprise Manager 3.1.1 …
- CVE-2017-15053MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92017-11-27
TeamPass before 2.1.27.9 does not properly enforce manager access control when requesting roles.queries.php. It is then possible for a manager user to modify any arbitrary roles within the application, or delete any arbitrary role. To expl…
- CVE-2017-15052MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92017-11-27
TeamPass before 2.1.27.9 does not properly enforce manager access control when requesting users.queries.php. It is then possible for a manager user to delete an arbitrary user (including admin), or modify attributes of any arbitrary user e…
- CVE-2022-1003MEDIUMCVSS 3.3EG 4.92022-03-18
One of the API in Mattermost version 6.3.0 and earlier fails to properly protect the permissions, which allows the system administrators to combine the two distinct privileges/capabilities in a way that allows them to override certain rest…
- CVE-2026-104755MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82026-10-16
The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 7.25.00 The vulnerability exists because the `start_comms` dispatcher (`wps_ic_co…
- CVE-2026-1726MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82026-04-23
IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 5.0, and 5.1 enables privilege escalation, allowing unauthorized users to perform administrative operations after being demoted. Attackers could access sensitive data, modify sys…
- CVE-2025-50064MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82025-07-15
Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.1.0.0 and 14.1.2.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged at…
- CVE-2025-4975MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82025-05-22
When a notification relating to low battery appears for a user with whom the device has been shared, tapping the notification grants full access to the power settings of that device.
- CVE-2024-13058MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82024-12-30
An issue exists in SoftIron HyperCloud where authenticated, but non-admin users can create data pools, which could potentially impact the performance and availability of the backend software-defined storage subsystem. This issue only imp…
- CVE-2021-31839MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82021-06-10
Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.3 allows a local user to modify event information in the MA event folder. This allows a local user to either add false events or remove events from the ev…
- CVE-2021-20334MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82021-04-06
A malicious 3rd party with local access to the Windows machine where MongoDB Compass is installed can execute arbitrary software with the privileges of the user who is running MongoDB Compass. This issue affects: MongoDB Inc. MongoDB Compa…
- CVE-2019-6195MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82020-02-14
An authorization bypass exists in Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) versions prior to 3.08 CDI340V, 3.01 TEI392O, 1.71 PSI328N where a valid authenticated user with lesser privileges may be granted read-only access to higher-privileged info…
- CVE-2026-86516MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72026-09-08
A vulnerability was detected in elenavanengelenmaslova mocknest-serverless 0.9.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file deployment/aws/shared/github-oidc-role.yaml of the component AWS GitHub OIDC Deployment Helper Script…
- CVE-2026-71105MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72026-08-18
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.25.0.000. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with l…
- CVE-2026-19360MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72026-08-09
A vulnerability was detected in wongcyrus ExcelLexBot up to 0.0.3. This affects the function ExcelLexBotS3TriggerFunction of the component Lambda Function Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper privilege management. The att…
- CVE-2026-12313MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72026-06-16
Information disclosure, sandbox escape in the Security: Process Sandboxing component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 152, Firefox ESR 140.12, Thunderbird 152, and Thunderbird 140.12.
- CVE-2026-27456MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72026-04-03
util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities. Prior to version 2.41.4, a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) vulnerability has been identified in the SUID binary /usr/bin/mount from util-linux. The mount binary, when setting up loop…
- CVE-2026-22804MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72026-01-12
Termix is a web-based server management platform with SSH terminal, tunneling, and file editing capabilities. From 1.7.0 to 1.9.0, Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Termix File Manager component. The application…
- CVE-2025-1425MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72025-03-04
A Sudo privilege misconfiguration vulnerability in PocketBook InkPad Color 3 on Linux, ARM allows attackers to read file contents on the device.This issue affects InkPad Color 3: U743k3.6.8.3671.
- CVE-2024-9471MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72024-10-09
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the XML API of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an authenticated PAN-OS administrator with restricted privileges to use a compromised XML API key to perform actions as a higher privile…
- CVE-2024-41666MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72024-07-24
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Argo CD has a Web-based terminal that allows users to get a shell inside a running pod, just as they would with kubectl exec. Starting in version 2.6.0, when the adm…
- CVE-2024-26247MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72024-03-22
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-28049MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72024-02-06
Dell Command | Monitor, versions prior to 10.9, contain an arbitrary folder deletion vulnerability. A locally authenticated malicious user may exploit this vulnerability in order to perform a privileged arbitrary file delete.
- CVE-2023-25647MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72023-08-17
There is a permission and access control vulnerability in some ZTE mobile phones. Due to improper access control, applications in mobile phone could monitor the touch event.
- CVE-2021-41339MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72021-10-13
Microsoft DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-3418MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72020-09-24
A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controller Software for Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Routers could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to send ICMPv6 traffic prior to the client being placed into RUN state. The vulnerability…
- CVE-2019-3805MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72019-05-03
A flaw was discovered in wildfly versions up to 16.0.0.Final that would allow local users who are able to execute init.d script to terminate arbitrary processes on the system. An attacker could exploit this by modifying the PID file in /va…
- CVE-2018-16888MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72019-01-14
It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes. When a service is run from an unprivileged user (e.g. User field set in the service file), a local attacker who is able to w…
- CVE-2018-19608MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72018-12-05
Arm Mbed TLS before 2.14.1, before 2.7.8, and before 2.1.17 allows a local unprivileged attacker to recover the plaintext of RSA decryption, which is used in RSA-without-(EC)DH(E) cipher suites.
- CVE-2018-13400MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72018-10-23
Several administrative resources in Atlassian Jira before version 7.6.9, from version 7.7.0 before version 7.7.5, from version 7.8.0 before version 7.8.5, from version 7.9.0 before version 7.9.3, from version 7.10.0 before version 7.10.3, …
- CVE-2017-13721MEDIUMCVSS 4.7EG 4.72017-10-10
In X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.19.4, an attacker authenticated to an X server with the X shared memory extension enabled can cause aborts of the X server or replace shared memory segments of other X clients in the s…
- CVE-2026-21981MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62026-01-20
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the i…
- CVE-2025-31286MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62025-04-02
An HTML injection vulnerability previously discovered in Trend Vision One could have allowed a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. Please note: this issue has already been addressed on the backend service and is no longer consider…
- CVE-2025-31285MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62025-04-02
A broken access control vulnerability previously discovered in the Trend Vision One Role Name component could have allowed an administrator to create users who could then change the role of the account and ultimately escalate privileges. …
- CVE-2025-31284MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62025-04-02
A broken access control vulnerability previously discovered in the Trend Vision One Status component could have allowed an administrator to create users who could then change the role of the account and ultimately escalate privileges. …
- CVE-2025-31283MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62025-04-02
A broken access control vulnerability previously discovered in the Trend Vision One User Roles component could have allowed an administrator to create users who could then change the role of the account and ultimately escalate privileges. …
- CVE-2025-31282MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62025-04-02
A broken access control vulnerability previously discovered in the Trend Vision One User Account component could have allowed an administrator to create users who could then change the role of the account and ultimately escalate privileges…
- CVE-2024-47770MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62025-02-03
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments. This vulnerability occurs whe…
- CVE-2022-20265MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62022-08-12
In Settings, there is a possible way to bypass factory reset permissions due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with physical access to the device with no additional execution privileges needed. User …
- CVE-2024-2432MEDIUMCVSS 4.5EG 4.52024-03-13
A privilege escalation (PE) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect app on Windows devices enables a local user to execute programs with elevated privileges. However, execution requires that the local user is able to successf…
- CVE-2022-30610MEDIUMCVSS 4.5EG 4.52022-06-10
IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management 2.2.0.0 through 2.2.15.0 is vulnerable to reverse tabnabbing where it could allow a page linked to from within IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management to rewrite it. An administrator could enter a link to a mali…
- CVE-2019-12522MEDIUMCVSS 4.5EG 4.52020-04-15
An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.7. When Squid is run as root, it spawns its child processes as a lesser user, by default the user nobody. This is done via the leave_suid call. leave_suid leaves the Saved UID as 0. This makes it …
- CVE-2026-18343MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42026-10-12
IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow a local attacker to modify the BOOTP table due to improper authorization.
- CVE-2026-108835MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42026-10-12
A flaw has been found in Yungengxin Yun Jia Security Guard up to 2.7.1.9. Impacted is the function sub_14000885C in the library kgameprotect.sys. Executing a manipulation of the argument Pid can lead to improper privilege management. The a…
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