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-QV9V-X5P8-5H5P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-22 21:30 – Updated: 2025-09-22 21:30Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in GE Vernova S1 Agile Configuration Software on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects S1 Agile Configuration Software: 3.1 and previous version.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-9038"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-22T15:15:40Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in GE Vernova S1 Agile Configuration Software on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects S1 Agile Configuration Software: 3.1 and previous version.",
"id": "GHSA-qv9v-x5p8-5h5p",
"modified": "2025-09-22T21:30:21Z",
"published": "2025-09-22T21:30:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9038"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.gevernova.com/grid-solutions/sites/default/files/resources/products/support/ges-2025-001.pdf"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/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:N/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-QVV4-XWRQ-F5QV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-01 15:31 – Updated: 2025-04-01 18:30VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can escalate their privileges to root on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-22231"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-01T13:15:40Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "VMware Aria Operations contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability.\u00a0A malicious actor with local administrative privileges can escalate their privileges to root on the appliance running VMware Aria Operations.",
"id": "GHSA-qvv4-xwrq-f5qv",
"modified": "2025-04-01T18:30:48Z",
"published": "2025-04-01T15:31:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22231"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25541"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-QVVR-WCMF-4V5H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-19 21:30 – Updated: 2024-01-19 21:30A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in some Lenovo tablet products that could allow local applications access to device identifiers and system commands.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-5080"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-266",
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-01-19T20:15:12Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in some Lenovo tablet products that could allow local applications access to device identifiers and system commands. ",
"id": "GHSA-qvvr-wcmf-4v5h",
"modified": "2024-01-19T21:30:35Z",
"published": "2024-01-19T21:30:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5080"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-142135"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-QVX7-87CX-J4Q2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-14 00:00 – Updated: 2022-09-14 00:00DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-37954"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-09-13T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-qvx7-87cx-j4q2",
"modified": "2022-09-14T00:00:44Z",
"published": "2022-09-14T00:00:44Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37954"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37954"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-37954"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-QVX7-WJGX-J93G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-23 06:30 – Updated: 2023-03-27 18:30An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.3.0.2. BPCD allows an unprivileged user to specify a log file path when executing a NetBackup command. This can be used to overwrite existing NetBackup log files.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-28758"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-03-23T04:17:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.3.0.2. BPCD allows an unprivileged user to specify a log file path when executing a NetBackup command. This can be used to overwrite existing NetBackup log files.",
"id": "GHSA-qvx7-wjgx-j93g",
"modified": "2023-03-27T18:30:27Z",
"published": "2023-03-23T06:30:15Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28758"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS23-003"
}
],
"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-QW27-7Q4V-MH55
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:37 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:37An Improper Access Control issue was discovered in Trihedral VTScada 11.3.03 and prior. A local, non-administrator user has privileges to read and write to the file system of the target machine.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-14031"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-11-06T22:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An Improper Access Control issue was discovered in Trihedral VTScada 11.3.03 and prior. A local, non-administrator user has privileges to read and write to the file system of the target machine.",
"id": "GHSA-qw27-7q4v-mh55",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:37:38Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:37:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14031"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-304-02"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-QW3X-5XR6-MFGM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-24 09:32 – Updated: 2026-07-24 21:32The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content WordPress plugin before 4.16.18 does not consistently enforce the role restriction configured on its front-end registration role-selection field. The set of roles offered to the visitor and the set of roles the registration handler accepts are derived by two different parsers, and for some valid ways of configuring the offered roles the handler ignores the restriction and falls back to accepting any non-administrator role. Combined with the absence of a nonce on the public registration handler, this allows an unauthenticated visitor to register an account with a higher role, such as Editor or Author, than the form was configured to offer.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-12497"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-24T07:16:32Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile \u0026 Restrict Content WordPress plugin before 4.16.18 does not consistently enforce the role restriction configured on its front-end registration role-selection field. The set of roles offered to the visitor and the set of roles the registration handler accepts are derived by two different parsers, and for some valid ways of configuring the offered roles the handler ignores the restriction and falls back to accepting any non-administrator role. Combined with the absence of a nonce on the public registration handler, this allows an unauthenticated visitor to register an account with a higher role, such as Editor or Author, than the form was configured to offer.",
"id": "GHSA-qw3x-5xr6-mfgm",
"modified": "2026-07-24T21:32:21Z",
"published": "2026-07-24T09:32:14Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12497"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bfb14acb-051c-4bcb-adfc-10a27a00dfe7"
}
],
"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-QW4J-X9J7-99WP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:19 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:19An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka 'Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1257, CVE-2020-1293.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-1278"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-06-09T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations, aka \u0027Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\u0027. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1257, CVE-2020-1293.",
"id": "GHSA-qw4j-x9j7-99wp",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:19:56Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:19:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1278"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1278"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-QW4W-C724-67FX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-27 06:31 – Updated: 2025-06-27 21:30An issue in NetEase (Hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd NeacSafe64 Driver before v1.0.0.8 allows attackers to escalate privileges via sending crafted IOCTL commands to the NeacSafe64.sys component.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-45737"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-27T05:15:33Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue in NetEase (Hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd NeacSafe64 Driver before v1.0.0.8 allows attackers to escalate privileges via sending crafted IOCTL commands to the NeacSafe64.sys component.",
"id": "GHSA-qw4w-c724-67fx",
"modified": "2025-06-27T21:30:28Z",
"published": "2025-06-27T06:31:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-45737"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/za233/NeacController"
}
],
"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-QW85-9JJ4-RW5G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:05 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:05ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard, v prior to 2.2,The affected products contain insecure filesystem permissions that could allow a lower privilege user to escalate privileges to an administrative level user.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-27483"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-269",
"CWE-732"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-06-16T13:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "ZOLL Defibrillator Dashboard, v prior to 2.2,The affected products contain insecure filesystem permissions that could allow a lower privilege user to escalate privileges to an administrative level user.",
"id": "GHSA-qw85-9jj4-rw5g",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:05:30Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:05:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27483"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-21-161-01"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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.