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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CVEs classified under CWE-269page 14 of 108
- CVE-2018-1000141CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12018-03-23
I, Librarian version 4.9 and earlier contains an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in ajaxdiscussion.php that can result in any users gaining unauthorized access (read, write and delete) to project discussions.
- CVE-2017-5142CRITICALCVSS 9.1EG 9.12017-02-13
An issue was discovered in Honeywell XL Web II controller XL1000C500 XLWebExe-2-01-00 and prior, and XLWeb 500 XLWebExe-1-02-08 and prior. A user with low privileges is able to open and change the parameters by accessing a specific URL bec…
- CVE-2026-17645CRITICALCVSS 8.8EG 9.12026-09-22
IBM Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) for RedHat OpenShift could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper privilege management.
- CVE-2023-41807CRITICALCVSS 8.8EG 9.12023-11-23
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Pandora FMS on all allows Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability allows a user to escalate permissions on the system shell. This issue affects Pandora FMS: from 700 through 773.
- CVE-2022-35243CRITICALCVSS 8.7EG 9.12022-08-04
In BIG-IP Versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3, 15.1.x before 15.1.5.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.5, and all versions of 13.1.x, when running in Appliance mode, an authenticated user assigned the Administrator role may be able to bypass Appliance mode r…
- CVE-2025-40538CRITICALCVSS 7.2EG 9.12026-02-24
A broken access control vulnerability exists in Serv-U which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to create a system admin user and execute arbitrary code as a privileged account via domain admin or group admin privileges. …
- CVE-2022-36793CRITICALCVSS 6.5EG 9.12022-09-09
Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Change & Data Deletion vulnerabilities in WP Shop plugin <= 3.9.6 at WordPress.
- CVE-2026-73842CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02026-08-13
OpenChoreo is a complete, open-source developer platform for Kubernetes. Prior to 1.0.3, 1.1.3, and 1.2.0-rc.2, internal/cluster-gateway/server.go exposed /api/proxy/, /api/exec/, and /api/wirelogs/ on an internal listener without requirin…
- CVE-2026-61204CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02026-07-21
Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise FIN Program Management product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Primavera Integration). The supported version that is affected is 9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged atta…
- CVE-2026-61201CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02026-07-21
Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM Common Objects product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Common Objects). The supported version that is affected is 9.2.23. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker …
- CVE-2026-61549CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02026-07-14
Woodpecker is a CI/CD engine. From 1.0.0 until 3.16.0, pipeline/backend/kubernetes/backend_options.go defines backend_options.kubernetes.serviceAccountName, and the Kubernetes backend in pipeline/backend/kubernetes/pod.go copies that pipel…
- CVE-2026-10868CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02026-06-04
A mass assignment vulnerability exists in the MISP user edit functionality due to insufficient filtering of user-supplied fields in UsersController::edit(). When processing edit requests, the application accepted a user-controlled User.id …
- CVE-2026-40572CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02026-04-18
NovumOS is a custom 32-bit operating system written in Zig and x86 Assembly. In versions prior to 0.24, Syscall 15 (MemoryMapRange) allows Ring 3 user-mode processes to map arbitrary virtual address ranges into their address space without …
- CVE-2025-64338CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02025-11-07
ClipBucket v5 is an open source video sharing platform. In versions 5.5.2 - #156 and below, an authenticated regular user can create a photo collection whose Collection Name contains HTML/JavaScript payloads, which making ClipBucket’s Ma…
- CVE-2025-32974CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02025-04-30
XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 15.9-rc-1 to before 15.10.8 and from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.2.0, the required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type. When editing a page, XWiki wa…
- CVE-2024-43401CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02024-08-19
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A user without script/programming right can trick a user with elevated rights to edit a content with a malicious payload using a WYSIW…
- CVE-2024-42366CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02024-08-08
VRCX is an assistant/companion application for VRChat. In versions prior to 2024.03.23, a CefSharp browser with over-permission and cross-site scripting via overlay notification can be combined to result in remote command execution. These …
- CVE-2024-2005CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02024-03-06
In Blue Planet® products through 22.12, a misconfiguration in the SAML implementation allows for privilege escalation. Only products using SAML authentication are affected. Blue Planet® has released software updates that address this …
- CVE-2023-27830CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02023-04-12
TightVNC before v2.8.75 allows attackers to escalate privileges on the host operating system via replacing legitimate files with crafted files when executing a file transfer. This is due to the fact that TightVNC runs in the backend as a h…
- CVE-2022-21901CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02022-01-11
Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-23885CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02021-02-17
Privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.8 allows an authenticated user to gain elevated privileges through the User Interface and execute commands on the appliance via incorrect improper neutralization o…
- CVE-2018-15762CRITICALCVSS 9.0EG 9.02018-11-02
Pivotal Operations Manager, versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.24, versions 2.1.x prior to 2.1.15, versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.7, and versions 2.3.x prior to 2.3.1, grants all users a scope which allows for privilege escalation. A remote maliciou…
- CVE-2024-21888CRITICALCVSS 8.8EG 9.02024-01-31
A privilege escalation vulnerability in web component of Ivanti Connect Secure (9.x, 22.x) and Ivanti Policy Secure (9.x, 22.x) allows a user to elevate privileges to that of an administrator.
- CVE-2014-9193HIGHCVSS v2 9.0EG 9.02014-12-20
Innominate mGuard with firmware before 7.6.6 and 8.x before 8.1.4 allows remote authenticated admins to obtain root privileges by changing a PPP configuration setting.
- CVE-2025-0416HIGHCVSS 8.9EG 8.92025-04-01
Local privilege escalation through insecure DCOM configuration in Valmet DNA versions prior to C2023. The DCOM object Valmet DNA Engineering has permissions that allow it to run commands as a user with the SeImpersonatePrivilege privilege…
- CVE-2021-35213HIGHCVSS 8.9EG 8.92021-08-31
An Improper Access Control Privilege Escalation Vulnerability was discovered in the User Setting of Orion Platform version 2020.2.5. It allows a guest user to elevate privileges to the Administrator using this vulnerability. Authentication…
- CVE-2020-24949HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.92020-09-03
Privilege escalation in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 downloads/downloads.php allows an authenticated user (not admin) to send a crafted request to the server and perform remote command execution (RCE).
- CVE-2017-5254HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.92017-12-20
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, the non-administrative users 'installer' and 'home' have the capability of changing passwords for other accounts, including admin, after disabling a client-side protection mechani…
- CVE-2026-103694HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-11
The Mobile builder WordPress plugin through 1.4.2 does not properly restrict which user meta keys a logged-in user can update through one of its REST routes, allowing any user with a self-registered account, such as a customer, to grant th…
- CVE-2026-77183HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-10
The FooSales – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.43.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's i…
- CVE-2026-104725HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-10
The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.9 This is due to a missing ownership and capability check on the `user` parame…
- CVE-2026-104766HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-10
The Appointment Booking Plugin – LatePoint | Calendar & Scheduling for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.3. This is due to the `OsSettingsController::update()` …
- CVE-2026-93548HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-09
The FooSales WordPress plugin before 1.43.3 does not verify that an authenticated caller is entitled to act as the user a request names, allowing any authenticated user to have the FooSales WordPress plugin before 1.43.3 act as an arbitr…
- CVE-2026-87782HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-07
The Koinonia Link WordPress plugin before 1.1.5 does not check that a user is allowed to change roles before saving a role selection submitted with a profile update, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant themselve…
- CVE-2026-76748HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-06
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API of AOS-S. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated read-only user to escalate their privileges and gain administrative access to the affected system.
- CVE-2026-97644HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-03
The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Contact Identity Rebinding in all versions up to, and including, 4.9 The vulnerability exists because the `create_…
- CVE-2026-15897HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-02
The Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.316. This is due to the Register & Login add-on's before_email_success_msg() function, in its…
- CVE-2026-104018HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-01
An improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) exists in the command shell of Wind River VxWorks 7 when configured to enforce per-user command privileges. Under certain shell operations, a command may be evaluated without the pr…
- CVE-2026-95687HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-01
The WPC Shop as a Customer for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0 This is due to the plugin not properly validating the target user's role…
- CVE-2026-19807HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-10-01
The ByteCoreStack – MCP Connector for AI Tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 This is due to the `wp_update_user_meta` MCP tool in `execute_tool` gating writes solel…
- CVE-2026-102120HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-09-30
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Kiteworks could have allowed an attacker who had already obtained code execution on one node of a clustered Kiteworks deployment to run operating system commands with elevated privileges on another n…
- CVE-2026-100824HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-09-29
Privilege escalation in the Places component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 153.4, and Firefox 157.
- CVE-2026-100820HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-09-29
Privilege escalation in the Address Bar component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
- CVE-2026-100807HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-09-29
Privilege escalation in the DOM: Service Workers component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
- CVE-2026-100801HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-09-29
Privilege escalation in the DLL Services component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox ESR 153.4, Thunderbird 157, Thunderbird 140.17, Thunderbird 153.4, Firefox 157, and Firefox ESR 140.17.
- CVE-2026-101860HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-09-29
A vulnerability was found in RaspAP raspap-webgui up to 3.5.5. Affected by this issue is the function PluginInstaller::addSudoers of the file src/RaspAP/Plugins/PluginInstaller.php of the component sudo Configuration. Performing a manipula…
- CVE-2026-12269HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-09-28
Zohocorp ManageEngine DDI Central 6.2.0 build below 6201 had a Keepalived configuration injection vulnerability in the HA configuration workflow. This issue could allow an authenticated operator-level user to modify the Keepalived configur…
- CVE-2026-77203HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-09-26
The Groups – Memberships and Access Control plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.0. This is due to the groups_join() function deriving group-join eligibility from the ambien…
- CVE-2026-100615HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-09-26
Cap-go capgo.app before 12.267.1 fails to validate target API key privilege during rotation, allowing an apikey_manager to rotate a higher-privileged org_super_admin sibling key and recover its plaintext credential. Attackers with apikey_m…
- CVE-2026-100586HIGHCVSS 8.8EG 8.82026-09-26
OpenClaw Codex before 2026.7.1 fails to properly enforce owner authorization when creating native conversation bindings. Non-owner channel senders with command access can create bindings to the native Codex runtime and execute host-capable…
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