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.
5632 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-MF58-974P-VH5V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:22 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:22An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Service handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Function Discovery Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-1085"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-07-14T23:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Function Discovery Service handles objects in memory, aka \u0027Windows Function Discovery Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027.",
"id": "GHSA-mf58-974p-vh5v",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:22:57Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:22:57Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1085"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1085"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-MF5J-WGQ9-9JJ2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:19 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:19An issue was discovered in Int15MicrocodeSmm in Insyde InsydeH2O before 2021-10-14 on Intel client chipsets. A caller may be able to escalate privileges.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-5955"
],
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"CWE-269"
],
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-11-03T01:15:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in Int15MicrocodeSmm in Insyde InsydeH2O before 2021-10-14 on Intel client chipsets. A caller may be able to escalate privileges.",
"id": "GHSA-mf5j-wgq9-9jj2",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:19:37Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:19:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5955"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220223-0003"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.insyde.com/products"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2021002"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-MF64-J3G8-VGPJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:27 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:27An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3. There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in backend scripts that ran as root where some included files were editable by nagios user. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.3.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-15903"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-09-09T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was found in Nagios XI before 5.7.3. There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in backend scripts that ran as root where some included files were editable by nagios user. This issue was fixed in version 5.7.3.",
"id": "GHSA-mf64-j3g8-vgpj",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:27:38Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:27:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15903"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.nagios.com/downloads/nagios-xi/change-log"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-MFC8-4QMG-G3X6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:37 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:37Backblaze for Windows and Backblaze for macOS before 7.0.0.439 suffer from improper privilege management in bztransmit helper due to lack of permission handling and validation before creation of client update directories allowing for local escalation of privilege via rogue client update binary.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-8290"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-12-27T02:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Backblaze for Windows and Backblaze for macOS before 7.0.0.439 suffer from improper privilege management in `bztransmit` helper due to lack of permission handling and validation before creation of client update directories allowing for local escalation of privilege via rogue client update binary.",
"id": "GHSA-mfc8-4qmg-g3x6",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:37:30Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:37:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8290"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/818857"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/geffner/CVE-2020-8290/blob/master/README.md"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://youtu.be/OpC6neWd2aM"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-MFMH-5798-R2WM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-12-08 00:01 – Updated: 2022-08-10 00:00An exposed dangerous function vulnerability exists in Ivanti Avalanche before 6.3.3 using inforail Service allows Privilege Escalation via Enterprise Server Service.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-42128"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-12-07T14:15:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "An exposed dangerous function vulnerability exists in Ivanti Avalanche before 6.3.3 using inforail Service allows Privilege Escalation via Enterprise Server Service.",
"id": "GHSA-mfmh-5798-r2wm",
"modified": "2022-08-10T00:00:22Z",
"published": "2021-12-08T00:01:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42128"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Alert-CVE-s-Addressed-in-Avalanche-6-3-3"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-MFPG-RV2X-X4XV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:19 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:19An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0916.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-0915"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-06-09T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in memory, aka \u0027Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0916.",
"id": "GHSA-mfpg-rv2x-x4xv",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:19:47Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:19:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0915"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0915"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-MFV5-8VH8-PCQG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:07 – Updated: 2022-10-27 12:00A vulnerability in the user profile update component found in the ~/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator while editing their profile. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-34622"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-07-07T13:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in the user profile update component found in the ~/src/Classes/EditUserProfile.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to escalate their privileges to that of an administrator while editing their profile. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .",
"id": "GHSA-mfv5-8vh8-pcqg",
"modified": "2022-10-27T12:00:26Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:07:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34622"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin"
}
],
"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-MFVV-F9H5-2MQR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-28 09:31 – Updated: 2026-05-28 09:31The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated privilege escalation in versions up to and including 3.29.2. This is due to insecure form submission handling that accepts arbitrary form definitions from user input instead of securely loading them from the backend. When $_POST['_acf_form'] is an array (rather than a form ID), the validate_form() function bypasses database lookup and directly processes the attacker-controlled structure. The create_record() function preserves attacker-supplied record data if present, and the user action's run() function falls back to attacker-controlled field definitions from $form['fields'] when legitimate fields cannot be found. The role field's pre_update_value() validation reads $field['role_options'] from this attacker-controlled definition, allowing an attacker to specify ['administrator'] as an allowed role and bypass the security check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts by injecting a custom form configuration with a spoofed role field.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-6226"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-28T09:16:47Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated privilege escalation in versions up to and including 3.29.2. This is due to insecure form submission handling that accepts arbitrary form definitions from user input instead of securely loading them from the backend. When $_POST[\u0027_acf_form\u0027] is an array (rather than a form ID), the validate_form() function bypasses database lookup and directly processes the attacker-controlled structure. The create_record() function preserves attacker-supplied record data if present, and the user action\u0027s run() function falls back to attacker-controlled field definitions from $form[\u0027fields\u0027] when legitimate fields cannot be found. The role field\u0027s pre_update_value() validation reads $field[\u0027role_options\u0027] from this attacker-controlled definition, allowing an attacker to specify [\u0027administrator\u0027] as an allowed role and bypass the security check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts by injecting a custom form configuration with a spoofed role field.",
"id": "GHSA-mfvv-f9h5-2mqr",
"modified": "2026-05-28T09:31:20Z",
"published": "2026-05-28T09:31:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6226"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.28.33/main/frontend/fields/user/class-role.php#L107"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.28.33/main/frontend/forms/actions/user.php#L458"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.28.33/main/frontend/forms/classes/display.php#L245"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.28.33/main/frontend/forms/classes/submit.php#L124"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/fields/user/class-role.php#L107"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/forms/actions/user.php#L458"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/forms/classes/display.php#L245"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/trunk/main/frontend/forms/classes/submit.php#L124"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3525193%40acf-frontend-form-element\u0026new=3525193%40acf-frontend-form-element\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/123e1758-3384-4ea7-96dd-d6adcce40392?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-MG3Q-349P-VCPV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-03 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-03 18:30A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-20282"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-522"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-03T17:15:47Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid rescue-user credentials to elevate privileges to root on an affected device.\n\n This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for a sensitive access token. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using this token to access resources within the device infrastructure. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to gain root access to the filesystem or hosted containers on an affected device.",
"id": "GHSA-mg3q-349p-vcpv",
"modified": "2024-04-03T18:30:41Z",
"published": "2024-04-03T18:30:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20282"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ndru-pesc-kZ2PQLZH"
}
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"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-MG63-9VWR-F2MV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-26 06:31 – Updated: 2025-08-26 06:31The Dokan Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password during a staff password reset. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with vendor-level access and above, to elevate their privilege to the level of a staff member and then change arbitrary user passwords, including those of administrators in order to gain access to their accounts. By default, the plugin allows customers to become vendors.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-5931"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-26T05:15:32Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Dokan Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user\u0027s identity prior to updating their password during a staff password reset. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with vendor-level access and above, to elevate their privilege to the level of a staff member and then change arbitrary user passwords, including those of administrators in order to gain access to their accounts. By default, the plugin allows customers to become vendors.",
"id": "GHSA-mg63-9vwr-f2mv",
"modified": "2025-08-26T06:31:00Z",
"published": "2025-08-26T06:31:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5931"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://dokan.co/wordpress"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3664a96-4ce7-4561-9b4b-dff91cd49384?source=cve"
}
],
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"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"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.