Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-306

Allowed

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft

The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

3444 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-WH53-JCXH-P452

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-05-26 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:21
VLAI
Details

The hwPartsDFR module has a vulnerability in API calling verification. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect device confidentiality.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-31227"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-05-26T17:15:18Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The hwPartsDFR module has a vulnerability in API calling verification. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect device confidentiality.",
  "id": "GHSA-wh53-jcxh-p452",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T04:21:14Z",
  "published": "2023-05-26T18:30:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31227"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/5"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-WH72-MC55-37HV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-21 18:30 – Updated: 2026-01-21 18:30
VLAI
Details

Tenda D151 and D301 routers contain an unauthenticated configuration download vulnerability that allows remote attackers to retrieve router configuration files. Attackers can send a request to /goform/getimage endpoint to download configuration data including admin credentials without authentication.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-47802"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-21T18:16:09Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Tenda D151 and D301 routers contain an unauthenticated configuration download vulnerability that allows remote attackers to retrieve router configuration files. Attackers can send a request to /goform/getimage endpoint to download configuration data including admin credentials without authentication.",
  "id": "GHSA-wh72-mc55-37hv",
  "modified": "2026-01-21T18:30:30Z",
  "published": "2026-01-21T18:30:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47802"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49782"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.tendacn.com/us"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tenda-d-d-configuration-download"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-WHCQ-RH5H-J3WH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-06 06:30 – Updated: 2025-09-06 06:30
VLAI
Details

The Cloud SAML SSO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Identity Provider Deletion due to a missing capability check on the delete_config action of the csso_handle_actions() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.19. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete any configured IdP, breaking the SSO authentication flow and causing a denial-of-service.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-7045"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-06T04:16:06Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The Cloud SAML SSO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Identity Provider Deletion due to a missing capability check on the delete_config action of the csso_handle_actions() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.19. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete any configured IdP, breaking the SSO authentication flow and causing a denial-of-service.",
  "id": "GHSA-whcq-rh5h-j3wh",
  "modified": "2025-09-06T06:30:32Z",
  "published": "2025-09-06T06:30:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7045"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/tags/1.0.19/assets/CSSO_Init.php"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/tags/1.0.19/assets/base/CSSO_ActionHandler.php"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/tags/1.0.19/saml-sso-plugin.php"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/trunk/assets/base/CSSO_ActionHandler.php?rev=3354459#L130"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/#developers"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/87099513-d8e2-45e5-b7e6-b46558a10d3b?source=cve"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-WHMX-4QFX-RGH5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-04 06:30 – Updated: 2022-12-06 15:30
VLAI
Details

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. Unauthenticated remote command execution can occur via the management portal.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-46414"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-12-04T05:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. Unauthenticated remote command execution can occur via the management portal.",
  "id": "GHSA-whmx-4qfx-rgh5",
  "modified": "2022-12-06T15:30:30Z",
  "published": "2022-12-04T06:30:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46414"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-019#issue1"
    }
  ],
  "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-WJ6F-3CJX-4966

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-02 21:31 – Updated: 2025-12-02 21:31
VLAI
Details

The Iskra iHUB and iHUB Lite smart metering gateway exposes its web management interface without requiring authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to access and modify critical device settings.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-13510"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-02T20:15:49Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "The Iskra iHUB and iHUB Lite smart metering gateway exposes its web management interface without requiring authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to access and modify critical device settings.",
  "id": "GHSA-wj6f-3cjx-4966",
  "modified": "2025-12-02T21:31:30Z",
  "published": "2025-12-02T21:31:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13510"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-336-02"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-WJ97-J26V-V8WP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-24 21:30 – Updated: 2025-07-24 21:30
VLAI
Details

The embedded web server on the thermostat listed version ranges contain a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers, either on the local area network or from the Internet via a router with port forwarding set up, to gain direct access to the thermostat's embedded web server and reset user credentials by manipulating specific elements of the embedded web interface.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-6260"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-24T21:15:52Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "The embedded web server on the thermostat listed version ranges contain a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers, either on the local area network or from the Internet via a router with port forwarding set up, to gain direct access to the thermostat\u0027s embedded web server and reset user credentials by manipulating specific elements of the embedded web interface.",
  "id": "GHSA-wj97-j26v-v8wp",
  "modified": "2025-07-24T21:30:39Z",
  "published": "2025-07-24T21:30:39Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6260"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-205-02"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-WJPQ-6766-7F5J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-19 20:46 – Updated: 2026-06-19 20:46
VLAI
Summary
CoreWCF: Unix Domain Socket PosixIdentity transport accepts connections that skip the security upgrade
Details

Impact

A CoreWCF service hosted on Unix Domain Sockets with the PosixIdentity client credential type (UnixDomainSocketBinding with Security.Mode = TransportCredentialOnly and Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = PosixIdentity) does not require the client to perform the application/unixposix stream upgrade before dispatching messages.

Patches

Fixed in CoreWCF v1.8.1 and v1.9.1

Workarounds

Restrict filesystem access to the UDS socket file using owner/group/mode (e.g. chmod 0660 plus a dedicated group) so that only the POSIX users who are already authorized to invoke the service can connect at all. This makes the missing-upgrade behaviour equivalent to the operating system’s filesystem permissions instead of relying on framing-layer identity checks. Avoid relying on ServiceSecurityContext.PrimaryIdentity for authorization decisions, or back it up with an authentication-required authorization policy that rejects anonymous principals.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "NuGet",
        "name": "CoreWCF.UnixDomainSocket"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.8.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "NuGet",
        "name": "CoreWCF.UnixDomainSocket"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.9.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.9.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-54776"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-19T20:46:52Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nA CoreWCF service hosted on Unix Domain Sockets with the PosixIdentity client credential type (UnixDomainSocketBinding with Security.Mode = TransportCredentialOnly and Security.Transport.ClientCredentialType = PosixIdentity) does not require the client to perform the application/unixposix stream upgrade before dispatching messages.\n\n### Patches\nFixed in CoreWCF v1.8.1 and v1.9.1\n\n### Workarounds\nRestrict filesystem access to the UDS socket file using owner/group/mode (e.g. chmod 0660 plus a dedicated group) so that only the POSIX users who are already authorized to invoke the service can connect at all. This makes the missing-upgrade behaviour equivalent to the operating system\u2019s filesystem permissions instead of relying on framing-layer identity checks.\nAvoid relying on ServiceSecurityContext.PrimaryIdentity for authorization decisions, or back it up with an authentication-required authorization policy that rejects anonymous principals.",
  "id": "GHSA-wjpq-6766-7f5j",
  "modified": "2026-06-19T20:46:52Z",
  "published": "2026-06-19T20:46:52Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF/security/advisories/GHSA-wjpq-6766-7f5j"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/CoreWCF/CoreWCF"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "CoreWCF: Unix Domain Socket PosixIdentity transport accepts connections that skip the security upgrade"
}

GHSA-WJV5-M9XX-WPJ6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-02 15:31 – Updated: 2025-01-02 15:31
VLAI
Details

Sensitive information disclosure due to missing authentication. The following products are affected: Acronis True Image (macOS) before build 41725, Acronis True Image (Windows) before build 41736.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-55538"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-01-02T15:15:23Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Sensitive information disclosure due to missing authentication. The following products are affected: Acronis True Image (macOS) before build 41725, Acronis True Image (Windows) before build 41736.",
  "id": "GHSA-wjv5-m9xx-wpj6",
  "modified": "2025-01-02T15:31:59Z",
  "published": "2025-01-02T15:31:59Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55538"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-2209"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-WM56-VM94-JRXR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-28 15:31 – Updated: 2025-07-30 18:31
VLAI
Details

An issue was discovered on Marbella KR8s Dashcam FF 2.0.8 devices. Via port 7777 without any need to pair or press a physical button, a remote attacker can disable recording, delete recordings, or even disable battery protection to cause a flat battery to essentially disable the car from being used. During the process of changing these settings, there are no indications or sounds on the dashcam to alert the dashcam owner that someone else is making those changes.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-30126"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-28T14:15:26Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered on Marbella KR8s Dashcam FF 2.0.8 devices. Via port 7777 without any need to pair or press a physical button, a remote attacker can disable recording, delete recordings, or even disable battery protection to cause a flat battery to essentially disable the car from being used. During the process of changing these settings, there are no indications or sounds on the dashcam to alert the dashcam owner that someone else is making those changes.",
  "id": "GHSA-wm56-vm94-jrxr",
  "modified": "2025-07-30T18:31:32Z",
  "published": "2025-07-28T15:31:40Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30126"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://geochen.medium.com/marbella-dashcam-ab40ca41adec"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/geo-chen/IROAD-V?tab=readme-ov-file#finding-7---cve-2025-30108-exposed-ftp-administrator-credentials"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/geo-chen/Marbella"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://makagps.com"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-WMRQ-XQ49-R4MW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-02 15:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:22
VLAI
Details

A vulnerability that allows for unauthorized access has been discovered in MXsecurity versions prior to v1.0.1. This vulnerability arises from inadequate authentication measures, potentially leading to the disclosure of device information by a remote attacker.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-39981"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-287",
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-09-02T13:15:45Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A vulnerability that allows for unauthorized access has been discovered in MXsecurity versions prior to v1.0.1. This vulnerability arises from inadequate authentication measures, potentially leading to the disclosure of device information by a remote attacker.\n\n",
  "id": "GHSA-wmrq-xq49-r4mw",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T07:22:19Z",
  "published": "2023-09-02T15:30:18Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39981"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/mpsa-230403-mxsecurity-series-multiple-vulnerabilities"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation
Architecture and Design
  • Divide the software into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Identify which of these areas require a proven user identity, and use a centralized authentication capability.
  • Identify all potential communication channels, or other means of interaction with the software, to ensure that all channels are appropriately protected, including those channels that are assumed to be accessible only by authorized parties. Developers sometimes perform authentication at the primary channel, but open up a secondary channel that is assumed to be private. For example, a login mechanism may be listening on one network port, but after successful authentication, it may open up a second port where it waits for the connection, but avoids authentication because it assumes that only the authenticated party will connect to the port.
  • In general, if the software or protocol allows a single session or user state to persist across multiple connections or channels, authentication and appropriate credential management need to be used throughout.
Mitigation MIT-15
Architecture and Design

For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.

Mitigation
Architecture and Design
  • Where possible, avoid implementing custom, "grow-your-own" authentication routines and consider using authentication capabilities as provided by the surrounding framework, operating system, or environment. These capabilities may avoid common weaknesses that are unique to authentication; support automatic auditing and tracking; and make it easier to provide a clear separation between authentication tasks and authorization tasks.
  • In environments such as the World Wide Web, the line between authentication and authorization is sometimes blurred. If custom authentication routines are required instead of those provided by the server, then these routines must be applied to every single page, since these pages could be requested directly.
Mitigation MIT-4.5
Architecture and Design

Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks

  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, consider using libraries with authentication capabilities such as OpenSSL or the ESAPI Authenticator [REF-45].
Mitigation
Implementation System Configuration Operation

When storing data in the cloud (e.g., S3 buckets, Azure blobs, Google Cloud Storage, etc.), use the provider's controls to require strong authentication for users who should be allowed to access the data [REF-1297] [REF-1298] [REF-1302].

CAPEC-12: Choosing Message Identifier

This pattern of attack is defined by the selection of messages distributed via multicast or public information channels that are intended for another client by determining the parameter value assigned to that client. This attack allows the adversary to gain access to potentially privileged information, and to possibly perpetrate other attacks through the distribution means by impersonation. If the channel/message being manipulated is an input rather than output mechanism for the system, (such as a command bus), this style of attack could be used to change the adversary's identifier to more a privileged one.

CAPEC-166: Force the System to Reset Values

An attacker forces the target into a previous state in order to leverage potential weaknesses in the target dependent upon a prior configuration or state-dependent factors. Even in cases where an attacker may not be able to directly control the configuration of the targeted application, they may be able to reset the configuration to a prior state since many applications implement reset functions.

CAPEC-216: Communication Channel Manipulation

An adversary manipulates a setting or parameter on communications channel in order to compromise its security. This can result in information exposure, insertion/removal of information from the communications stream, and/or potentially system compromise.

CAPEC-36: Using Unpublished Interfaces or Functionality

An adversary searches for and invokes interfaces or functionality that the target system designers did not intend to be publicly available. If interfaces fail to authenticate requests, the attacker may be able to invoke functionality they are not authorized for.

CAPEC-62: Cross Site Request Forgery

An attacker crafts malicious web links and distributes them (via web pages, email, etc.), typically in a targeted manner, hoping to induce users to click on the link and execute the malicious action against some third-party application. If successful, the action embedded in the malicious link will be processed and accepted by the targeted application with the users' privilege level. This type of attack leverages the persistence and implicit trust placed in user session cookies by many web applications today. In such an architecture, once the user authenticates to an application and a session cookie is created on the user's system, all following transactions for that session are authenticated using that cookie including potential actions initiated by an attacker and simply "riding" the existing session cookie.