The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Volume of CVEs assigned to CWE-269 and their average CVSS base score over time.
Top CVEs that have been assigned this CWE. A single CVE can have multiple CWE assignments, though many have just one.
2,989 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2017-5689CRITICAL An unprivileged network attacker could gain system privileges to provisioned Intel manageability SKUs: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel Standard Manageability (IS | May 2, 2017 | 9.8 | 99 | YES | YES |
CVE-2021-20021CRITICAL A vulnerability in the SonicWall Email Security version 10.0.9.x allows an attacker to create an administrative account by sending a crafted HTTP request to the remote host. | Apr 9, 2021 | 9.8 | 96 | YES | YES |
CVE-2020-8655HIGH An issue was discovered in EyesOfNetwork 5.3. The sudoers configuration is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing the apache user to run arbitrary commands as root | Feb 7, 2020 | 7.8 | 94 | YES | YES |
CVE-2017-12635CRITICAL 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 w | Nov 14, 2017 | 9.8 | 94 | NO | YES |
CVE-2022-24637CRITICAL Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.7.4 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain sensitive user information, which can be used to gain admin privileges by leveraging cache | Mar 18, 2022 | 9.8 | 93 | NO | YES |
CVE-2022-0441CRITICAL The MasterStudy LMS WordPress plugin before 2.7.6 does to validate some parameters given when registering a new account, allowing unauthenticated users to register as an admin | Mar 7, 2022 | 9.8 | 92 | NO | YES |
CVE-2016-0151HIGH The Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mismanages process tokens, whic | Apr 12, 2016 | 7.8 | 90 | YES | YES |
CVE-2019-1405HIGH An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service improperly allows COM object creation, aka 'Windows UPnP Service Elevation of | Nov 12, 2019 | 7.8 | 89 | YES | YES |
CVE-2014-1510CRITICAL The Web IDL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbit | Mar 19, 2014 | 9.8 | 87 | NO | YES |
CVE-2020-3243CRITICAL Multiple vulnerabilities in the REST API of Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data may allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication or conduct directory | Apr 15, 2020 | 9.8 | 85 | NO | YES |
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