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-2022-2104CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92022-06-24
The www-data (Apache web server) account is configured to run sudo with no password for many commands (including /bin/sh and /bin/bash).
- CVE-2021-36302CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92022-02-09
All Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack Hub versions contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A remote malicious user with standard level JEA credentials may potentially exploit this vulnerability to elevate privilege…
- CVE-2021-26334CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92021-12-01
The AMDPowerProfiler.sys driver of AMD μProf tool may allow lower privileged users to access MSRs in kernel which may lead to privilege escalation and ring-0 code execution by the lower privileged user.
- CVE-2020-12083CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92021-09-17
An elevated privileges issue related to Spring MVC calls impacts Code Insight v7.x releases up to and including 2020 R1 (7.11.0-64).
- CVE-2021-34810CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92021-06-18
Improper privilege management vulnerability in cgi component in Synology Download Station before 3.8.16-3566 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
- CVE-2020-36156CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92021-01-04
An issue was discovered in the Ultimate Member plugin before 2.1.12 for WordPress, aka Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Profile Update. Any user with wp-admin access to the profile.php page could supply the parameter um-role with a v…
- CVE-2020-27134CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92020-12-11
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Jabber for Windows, Jabber for MacOS, and Jabber for mobile platforms could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary programs on the underlying operating system (OS) with elevated privileges or gain access t…
- CVE-2020-27133CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92020-12-11
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Jabber for Windows, Jabber for MacOS, and Jabber for mobile platforms could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary programs on the underlying operating system (OS) with elevated privileges or gain access t…
- CVE-2020-27132CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92020-12-11
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Jabber for Windows, Jabber for MacOS, and Jabber for mobile platforms could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary programs on the underlying operating system (OS) with elevated privileges or gain access t…
- CVE-2020-27127CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92020-12-11
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Jabber for Windows, Jabber for MacOS, and Jabber for mobile platforms could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary programs on the underlying operating system (OS) with elevated privileges or gain access t…
- CVE-2020-15149CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92020-08-20
NodeBB before version 1.14.3 has a bug introduced in version 1.12.2 in the validation logic that makes it possible to change the password of any user on a running NodeBB forum by sending a specially crafted socket.io call to the server. Th…
- CVE-2019-10940CRITICALCVSS 9.9EG 9.92020-01-16
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEMA Server (All versions < V14.0 SP2 Update 1). Incorrect session validation could allow an attacker with a valid session, with low privileges, to perform firmware updates and other administrative …
- CVE-2026-85118CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-10-11
The AI Content Generator Marketing WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not enforce a nonce or capability check on some of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to update and delete arbitrary WordPress options, which can be used …
- CVE-2026-103692CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-10-08
The Frontend Dashboard WordPress plugin before 3.0.5 does not perform any authorisation or nonce check on actions available to unauthenticated users that call an attacker-chosen PHP function or class method with the request data, allowing …
- CVE-2026-76742CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-10-06
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities exist in the web management interface of AOS-S. Successful exploitation could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.
- CVE-2026-19652CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-10-02
The Divi Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This is due to the `dmem_form_submit_handler()` function determining the new user's role by iterating all WordPress rol…
- CVE-2026-59797CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-10-01
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's mod_ssl via SSLRequire and file-related expressions. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.0 through 2.4.68.
- CVE-2026-15989CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-10-01
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 whiteli…
- CVE-2026-14281CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-25
The Automation Web Platform – Notifications and OTP for WooCommerce, Advanced Country Code plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.6. This is due to missing permission enforcem…
- CVE-2026-18467CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-24
The Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.3. The 5.0.3 patch introduced a wp_hash()/hash_equals() signature gate on the pt-paytium-use…
- CVE-2026-13355CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-22
The Meta Box AIO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to Administrator in versions up to, and including, 3.11.0. This is due to a chained flaw: the populate_via_query_string() function in the mb-frontend-submission co…
- CVE-2026-12793CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-16
The JetFormBuilder — Dynamic Blocks Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.2. This is due to the plugin not validating that a submitted form ID belongs to a JetFo…
- CVE-2026-73470CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-14
Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Apache Syncope. Delegations can be created or updated with Roles not owned by the delegating User, or not for the same Realm subtree under the delegation management was granted for. Th…
- CVE-2026-85681CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-12
The WP Component WordPress plugin through 2.2.4 does not have any capability or nonce checks on one of the actions it makes available to unauthenticated users, and it takes both the option name and the option value from the request, allowi…
- CVE-2026-78362CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-05
The SEO Flow by LupsOnline WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 does not correctly validate the credential supplied with its API requests, allowing unauthenticated users to be served as the administrator who configured the SEO Flow by LupsOnline …
- CVE-2026-15354CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-04
The ACPT (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.66. This is due to missing authorization in the `submit()` function, which allows unauthenticated form submissions to c…
- CVE-2026-71625CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-04
An issue in slimkit plus ThinkSNS+ v.2.4 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the ResetPasswordController.php component
- CVE-2026-85154CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-03
WWBN AVideo contains an authentication failure vulnerability where the video_id_hash credential is a non-expiring, non-revocable bearer token that grants full administrator session access to the video owner's account. Attackers who obtain …
- CVE-2026-84795CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-02
Craft CMS before 5.10.11 fails to validate the admin flag during user registration, allowing it to persist from deactivated admin accounts. Attackers can register with a deactivated admin's email address to inherit administrator privileges…
- CVE-2026-9055CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-02
The Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions 8.0 - 9.6.2. This is due to insufficient validation of the attacker-controlled 'type' parameter in…
- CVE-2026-18550CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-09-01
The Nokri - Job Board WordPress Theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This is due to insufficient reset token validation in the `nokri_reset_password()` …
- CVE-2026-82860CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-31
@hulumi/policies versions before 1.3.2 fail to fully inspect inline and attached IAM policy evidence for the administrator-policy guardrail. Attackers can craft admin-equivalent policy paths that bypass policy evaluation controls.
- CVE-2026-82857CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-31
hulumi versions before v1.3.2 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the weekly integration IAM policy that allows role lifecycle operations on af-e2e-* roles without sufficient boundary restrictions. Attackers with the documented…
- CVE-2026-15369CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-29
The Custom User Registration Fields for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.2.3. This is due to the plugin accepting an attacker-controlled afreg_select_user_role value…
- CVE-2026-16259CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-29
The Uix UserCenter WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not verify that the account being modified through an unauthenticated profile-update action belongs to the requester, and it authenticates that action with a token whose signing key is…
- CVE-2026-10522CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-29
The MemberHero WordPress plugin through 6.9 does not restrict which account fields can be supplied during its frontend registration process, allowing unauthenticated attackers to register a new user with an arbitrary role, including Admin…
- CVE-2026-37071CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-27
Arbitrary File Rename Leading to Privilege Escalation in Actions::renameFile() function in Veno File Manager Project 4.4.9 allows an authenticated attacker with 'reanme' permission to take over the super administrator account via a special…
- CVE-2026-79090CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-25
Improper privilege management in Actor in Google Chrome prior to 152.0.7977.65 allowed a remote attacker leveraging social engineering to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
- CVE-2026-13598CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-23
The RestrictMate WordPress plugin before 1.3.0 does not restrict the user role supplied during account registration, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create a new administrator account and gain a logged-in administrator session, lead…
- CVE-2026-17145CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-20
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to improper privilege management.
- CVE-2026-75860CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-20
The JSON Options WordPress plugin through 0.0.4 does not have any capability check or nonce verification on one of its actions, which runs on every request and is available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to update arbitrary WordPr…
- CVE-2026-70817CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-18
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. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with ne…
- CVE-2026-74985CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-18
Privilege escalation in the Enterprise Policies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
- CVE-2026-50770CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-17
An issue in Squirro Cognitive Search before v.3.14.2 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted request.
- CVE-2026-50774CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-17
An issue in GAPTEQ Designer v.3.5 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the Company Manger role.
- CVE-2026-18432CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-16
The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.29.9. The vulnerability exists because `ActionUser::conditions_logic()` gates the `current_user_can('edit_u…
- CVE-2026-49819CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-12
UpSnap is a wake on lan web app. Versions 4.4.1 through 5.3.5 are vulnerable to a missing-authentication / privilege-escalation chain in `pb.HandlerInitSuperuser` (`backend/pb/handlers.go:249`), reachable as `POST /api/upsnap/init-superuse…
- CVE-2026-18366CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-12
The Events Manager WordPress plugin before 7.4.1 does not properly scope its capability mapping, discarding the access control decisions WordPress already made for unrelated privileged actions, which allows unauthenticated users to change…
- CVE-2026-40920CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-10
Privilege Escalation via URL Parameter is reported in Apache Ranger versions <= 2.8.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.9.0, which fixes this issue.
- CVE-2026-16298CRITICALCVSS 9.8EG 9.82026-08-10
The FoodBoxBooker WordPress plugin before 1.0.7 does not properly validate the password reset request, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, which could lead to a full site t…
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