CWE-862
Allowed-with-ReviewMissing Authorization
Abstraction: Class · Status: Incomplete
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
14630 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-H4WJ-JMFX-P8PC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-12 09:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 06:02In telephony service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-30930"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-07-12T09:15:11Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In telephony service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed.",
"id": "GHSA-h4wj-jmfx-p8pc",
"modified": "2024-04-04T06:02:46Z",
"published": "2023-07-12T09:30:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30930"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.unisoc.com/en_us/secy/announcementDetail/1676902764208259073"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H4XC-8MR6-VJH8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-01 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:34Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ship Depot ShipDepot for WooCommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects ShipDepot for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.2.19.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-31866"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-862"
],
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-01T15:16:28Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ship Depot ShipDepot for WooCommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects ShipDepot for WooCommerce: from n/a through 1.2.19.",
"id": "GHSA-h4xc-8mr6-vjh8",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:34:23Z",
"published": "2025-04-01T15:31:44Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31866"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/ship-depot/vulnerability/wordpress-shipdepot-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-2-19-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H524-VXVW-W455
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-16 09:32 – Updated: 2026-07-16 09:32The WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 8.5.6. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to trigger arbitrary re-embedding of stored RAG documents, modifying the rag_documents table and consuming the site owner's paid third-party AI API credits (OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, or xAI).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-15610"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-16T09:16:18Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The WPBot \u2013 AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 8.5.6. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to trigger arbitrary re-embedding of stored RAG documents, modifying the rag_documents table and consuming the site owner\u0027s paid third-party AI API credits (OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, or xAI).",
"id": "GHSA-h524-vxvw-w455",
"modified": "2026-07-16T09:32:18Z",
"published": "2026-07-16T09:32:18Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15610"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/tags/8.4.9/includes/class-qcld-bot-rag.php#L27"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/tags/8.4.9/includes/class-qcld-bot-rag.php#L791"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/tags/8.4.9/qcld-wpwbot.php#L608"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/tags/8.5.5/includes/class-qcld-bot-rag.php#L27"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/tags/8.5.5/includes/class-qcld-bot-rag.php#L791"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chatbot/tags/8.5.5/qcld-wpwbot.php#L608"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=\u0026old=3608558%40chatbot\u0026new=3608558%40chatbot"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e905d146-66bf-4d6d-b2f5-fd3f862101af?source=cve"
}
],
"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:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H52Q-675M-RQ36
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-18 09:30 – Updated: 2026-01-20 15:32Missing Authorization vulnerability in CridioStudio ListingPro listingpro allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ListingPro: from n/a through < 2.9.10.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-64378"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-18T08:16:14Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in CridioStudio ListingPro listingpro allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ListingPro: from n/a through \u003c 2.9.10.",
"id": "GHSA-h52q-675m-rq36",
"modified": "2026-01-20T15:32:31Z",
"published": "2025-12-18T09:30:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64378"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/listingpro/vulnerability/wordpress-listingpro-theme-2-9-10-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/listingpro/vulnerability/wordpress-listingpro-theme-2-9-10-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H534-QCGF-3R9W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-12 09:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 06:03In telephony service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-33882"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-07-12T09:15:12Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In telephony service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed.",
"id": "GHSA-h534-qcgf-3r9w",
"modified": "2024-04-04T06:03:08Z",
"published": "2023-07-12T09:30:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33882"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.unisoc.com/en_us/secy/announcementDetail/1676902764208259073"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H536-W556-W389
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-31 15:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:36Missing Authorization vulnerability in Marco Milesi WP Attachments allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Attachments: from n/a through 5.2.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-62888"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-31T15:15:53Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in Marco Milesi WP Attachments allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Attachments: from n/a through 5.2.",
"id": "GHSA-h536-w556-w389",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:36:27Z",
"published": "2025-12-31T15:30:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62888"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-attachments/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-attachments-plugin-5-2-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vdp.patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-attachments/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-attachments-plugin-5-2-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H53X-G7F4-FGGG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-06 00:00 – Updated: 2022-09-09 00:00The Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery & Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.18.0 does not have proper authorisation checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing unauthenticated users to call them and inject arbitrary CSS in arbitrary saved layouts
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-2543"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-09-05T13:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Visual Portfolio, Photo Gallery \u0026 Post Grid WordPress plugin before 2.18.0 does not have proper authorisation checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing unauthenticated users to call them and inject arbitrary CSS in arbitrary saved layouts",
"id": "GHSA-h53x-g7f4-fggg",
"modified": "2022-09-09T00:00:59Z",
"published": "2022-09-06T00:00:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2543"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5dc8b671-f2fa-47be-8664-9005c4fdbea8"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H54M-8JJR-7JF8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-01 15:31 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:34Missing Authorization vulnerability in publitio Publitio allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Publitio: from n/a through 2.1.8.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-31799"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-01T15:16:19Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in publitio Publitio allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Publitio: from n/a through 2.1.8.",
"id": "GHSA-h54m-8jjr-7jf8",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:34:21Z",
"published": "2025-04-01T15:31:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31799"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/publitio/vulnerability/wordpress-publitio-plugin-2-1-8-broken-access-control-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H572-9C8V-9VQH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-22 18:30 – Updated: 2023-11-22 18:30The WP EXtra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to restricted functionality due to a missing capability check on the 'test-email' section of the register() function in versions up to, and including, 6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to send emails with arbitrary content to arbitrary locations from the affected site's mail server.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-5314"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-11-22T16:15:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The WP EXtra plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to restricted functionality due to a missing capability check on the \u0027test-email\u0027 section of the register() function in versions up to, and including, 6.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to send emails with arbitrary content to arbitrary locations from the affected site\u0027s mail server.",
"id": "GHSA-h572-9c8v-9vqh",
"modified": "2023-11-22T18:30:56Z",
"published": "2023-11-22T18:30:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5314"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2977703/wp-extra"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93c10a58-c5f2-440b-a88e-5314143fdd90?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-H57W-3H2F-VQJM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-20 15:30 – Updated: 2026-04-01 18:35Missing Authorization vulnerability in Cookie Script Cookie-Script.com allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Cookie-Script.com: from n/a through 1.2.1.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-49993"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-20T15:15:25Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in Cookie Script Cookie-Script.com allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Cookie-Script.com: from n/a through 1.2.1.",
"id": "GHSA-h57w-3h2f-vqjm",
"modified": "2026-04-01T18:35:32Z",
"published": "2025-06-20T15:30:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49993"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/cookie-script-com/vulnerability/wordpress-cookie-script-com-plugin-1-2-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=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:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation
- Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) [REF-229] to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
- Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
Mitigation
Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to the patient and the patient's doctor [REF-7].
Mitigation MIT-4.4
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 authorization frameworks such as the JAAS Authorization Framework [REF-233] and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature [REF-45].
Mitigation
- For web applications, make sure that the access control mechanism is enforced correctly at the server side on every page. Users should not be able to access any unauthorized functionality or information by simply requesting direct access to that page.
- One way to do this is to ensure that all pages containing sensitive information are not cached, and that all such pages restrict access to requests that are accompanied by an active and authenticated session token associated with a user who has the required permissions to access that page.
Mitigation
Use the access control capabilities of your operating system and server environment and define your access control lists accordingly. Use a "default deny" policy when defining these ACLs.
CAPEC-665: Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws
An adversary leverages a firmware weakness within the Thunderbolt protocol, on a computing device to manipulate Thunderbolt controller firmware in order to exploit vulnerabilities in the implementation of authorization and verification schemes within Thunderbolt protection mechanisms. Upon gaining physical access to a target device, the adversary conducts high-level firmware manipulation of the victim Thunderbolt controller SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) flash, through the use of a SPI Programing device and an external Thunderbolt device, typically as the target device is booting up. If successful, this allows the adversary to modify memory, subvert authentication mechanisms, spoof identities and content, and extract data and memory from the target device. Currently 7 major vulnerabilities exist within Thunderbolt protocol with 9 attack vectors as noted in the Execution Flow.