CWE-269
DiscouragedImproper Privilege Management
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
5674 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-F383-XPWW-4F48
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:09 – Updated: 2022-06-29 00:00NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel application where it is susceptible to a Windows file system symbolic link attack where an unprivileged attacker can cause the applications to overwrite privileged files, resulting in potential denial of service or data loss.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-1092"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-07-22T05:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the NVIDIA Control Panel application where it is susceptible to a Windows file system symbolic link attack where an unprivileged attacker can cause the applications to overwrite privileged files, resulting in potential denial of service or data loss.",
"id": "GHSA-f383-xpww-4f48",
"modified": "2022-06-29T00:00:39Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:09:03Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1092"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5211"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F387-26C4-6JHR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:28 – Updated: 2024-01-01 00:30An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Wininit.dll handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Start-Up Application Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-1506"
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"database_specific": {
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"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-09-11T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Wininit.dll handles objects in memory, aka \u0027Windows Start-Up Application Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027.",
"id": "GHSA-f387-26c4-6jhr",
"modified": "2024-01-01T00:30:42Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:28:03Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1506"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1506"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F39P-623W-5V5J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-02 18:30 – Updated: 2025-04-02 18:30An 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 considered an active vulnerability.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-31286"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-79"
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-02T17:15:49Z",
"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "An HTML injection vulnerability previously discovered in Trend Vision One could have allowed a malicious user to execute arbitrary code.\n\nPlease note: this issue has already been addressed on the backend service and is no longer considered an active vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-f39p-623w-5v5j",
"modified": "2025-04-02T18:30:54Z",
"published": "2025-04-02T18:30:54Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31286"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0019386"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F3F9-274W-R3M6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-05-09 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:55Insecure Permissons vulnerability found in Shop_CMS YerShop all versions allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the cover_id parameter.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-23362"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-863"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-05-09T16:15:13Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Insecure Permissons vulnerability found in Shop_CMS YerShop all versions allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the cover_id parameter.",
"id": "GHSA-f3f9-274w-r3m6",
"modified": "2024-04-04T03:55:40Z",
"published": "2023-05-09T18:30:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-23362"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/huyiwill/shopcms_lang/issues/1"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F3FF-46GC-5M87
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:01 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:01An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the RunVpncScript command. The command takes a user-supplied script argument and executes it under root context. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successfully exploit this bug.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-4008"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-04-15T20:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Shimo VPN 4.1.5.1 helper service in the RunVpncScript command. The command takes a user-supplied script argument and executes it under root context. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to raise their privileges to root. An attacker would need local access to the machine to successfully exploit this bug.",
"id": "GHSA-f3ff-46gc-5m87",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:01:45Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:01:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4008"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0677"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F3FP-86MW-CX9H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:47 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:47The Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation bootstrap tools package (aka aws-cfn-bootstrap) before 1.4-19.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by leveraging the ability to create files in an unspecified directory.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-9450"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-10-30T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation bootstrap tools package (aka aws-cfn-bootstrap) before 1.4-19.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by leveraging the ability to create files in an unspecified directory.",
"id": "GHSA-f3fp-86mw-cx9h",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:47:58Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:47:58Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9450"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-861.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sintonen.fi/advisories/aws-cfn-bootstrap-local-code-execution-as-root.txt"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99972"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F3HJ-PX43-QPFM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-16 06:30 – Updated: 2024-11-16 06:30The WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Video Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to insufficient validation on user meta that can be updated in the wpvr_rate_request_result() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.20.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta on a WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update their capabilities to that of an administrator.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-9192"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-16T04:15:06Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The WordPress Video Robot - The Ultimate Video Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to insufficient validation on user meta that can be updated in the wpvr_rate_request_result() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.20.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update their user meta on a WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update their capabilities to that of an administrator.",
"id": "GHSA-f3hj-px43-qpfm",
"modified": "2024-11-16T06:30:41Z",
"published": "2024-11-16T06:30:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9192"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-video-robot-plugin/8619739"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2da019d3-4aca-485a-aa0c-73728dc1e7c1?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F3MQ-FXWR-3X7M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:21 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:21Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.006.20042 and earlier, 2017.011.30166 and earlier, 2017.011.30166 and earlier, and 2015.006.30518 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to security feature bypass.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-9596"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-06-25T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2020.006.20042 and earlier, 2017.011.30166 and earlier, 2017.011.30166 and earlier, and 2015.006.30518 and earlier have a security bypass vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to security feature bypass.",
"id": "GHSA-f3mq-fxwr-3x7m",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:21:51Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:21:51Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9596"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb20-24.html"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-F3P2-QQMM-JG8F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:42 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:48Due to differences in the Erlang-based JSON parser and JavaScript-based JSON parser, it is possible in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to submit _users documents with duplicate keys for 'roles' used for access control within the database, including the special case '_admin' role, that denotes administrative users. In combination with CVE-2017-12636 (Remote Code Execution), this can be used to give non-admin users access to arbitrary shell commands on the server as the database system user. The JSON parser differences result in behaviour that if two 'roles' keys are available in the JSON, the second one will be used for authorising the document write, but the first 'roles' key is used for subsequent authorization for the newly created user. By design, users can not assign themselves roles. The vulnerability allows non-admin users to give themselves admin privileges.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-12635"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-11-14T20:29:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Due to differences in the Erlang-based JSON parser and JavaScript-based JSON parser, it is possible in Apache CouchDB before 1.7.0 and 2.x before 2.1.1 to submit _users documents with duplicate keys for \u0027roles\u0027 used for access control within the database, including the special case \u0027_admin\u0027 role, that denotes administrative users. In combination with CVE-2017-12636 (Remote Code Execution), this can be used to give non-admin users access to arbitrary shell commands on the server as the database system user. The JSON parser differences result in behaviour that if two \u0027roles\u0027 keys are available in the JSON, the second one will be used for authorising the document write, but the first \u0027roles\u0027 key is used for subsequent authorization for the newly created user. By design, users can not assign themselves roles. The vulnerability allows non-admin users to give themselves admin privileges.",
"id": "GHSA-f3p2-qqmm-jg8f",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:48:22Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:42:44Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12635"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67%40%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E"
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"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6c405bf3f8358e6314076be9f48c89a2e0ddf00539906291ebdf0c67@%3Cdev.couchdb.apache.org%3E"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00026.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-16"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US\u0026docId=emr_na-hpesbmu03935en_us"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44498"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45019"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101868"
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-F3P6-32MJ-FJ25
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-17 09:31 – Updated: 2024-05-17 09:31Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ProfilePress Membership Team ProfilePress allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects ProfilePress: from n/a through 4.13.1.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-41954"
],
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"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-17T07:15:59Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ProfilePress Membership Team ProfilePress allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects ProfilePress: from n/a through 4.13.1.",
"id": "GHSA-f3p6-32mj-fj25",
"modified": "2024-05-17T09:31:00Z",
"published": "2024-05-17T09:31:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41954"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-user-avatar/wordpress-profilepress-plugin-4-13-1-unauthenticated-limited-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
Mitigation MIT-1
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation MIT-48
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
Mitigation MIT-49
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
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.