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Authentication Bypass

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Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

How It Works

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications. Instead of cracking passwords through brute force, attackers manipulate the authentication process itself to gain unauthorized entry. This typically occurs through one of several pathways: exploiting hardcoded credentials embedded in source code or configuration files, manipulating parameters in authentication requests to skip verification steps, or leveraging broken session management that fails to properly validate user identity.

The attack flow often begins with reconnaissance to identify authentication endpoints and their underlying logic. Attackers may probe for default administrative credentials that were never changed, test whether certain URL paths bypass login requirements entirely, or intercept and modify authentication tokens to escalate privileges. In multi-step authentication processes, flaws in state management can allow attackers to complete only partial verification steps while still gaining full access.

More sophisticated variants exploit single sign-on (SSO) or OAuth implementations where misconfigurations in trust relationships allow attackers to forge authentication assertions. Parameter tampering—such as changing a "role=user" field to "role=admin" in a request—can trick poorly designed systems into granting elevated access without proper verification.

Impact

  • Complete account takeover — attackers gain full control of user accounts, including administrative accounts, without knowing legitimate credentials
  • Unauthorized data access — ability to view, modify, or exfiltrate sensitive information including customer data, financial records, and intellectual property
  • System-wide compromise — admin-level access enables installation of backdoors, modification of security controls, and complete infrastructure takeover
  • Lateral movement — bypassed authentication provides a foothold for moving deeper into networks and accessing additional systems
  • Compliance violations — unauthorized access triggers breach notification requirements and regulatory penalties

Real-World Examples

CrushFTP suffered a critical authentication bypass allowing attackers to access file-sharing functionality without any credentials. The vulnerability enabled direct server-side template injection, leading to remote code execution on affected systems. Attackers actively exploited this in the wild to establish persistent access to enterprise file servers.

Palo Alto's Expedition migration tool contained a flaw permitting attackers to reset administrative credentials without authentication. This allowed complete takeover of the migration environment, potentially exposing network configurations and security policies being transferred between systems.

SolarWinds Web Help Desk (CVE-2024-28987) shipped with hardcoded internal credentials that could not be changed through normal administrative functions. Attackers discovering these credentials gained full administrative access to helpdesk systems containing sensitive organizational information and user data.

Mitigation

  • Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) — requires attackers to compromise additional verification factors beyond bypassed primary authentication
  • Eliminate hardcoded credentials — use secure credential management systems and rotate all default credentials during deployment
  • Enforce authentication on all endpoints — verify every request requires valid authentication; no "hidden" administrative paths should exist
  • Implement proper session management — use cryptographically secure session tokens, validate on server-side, enforce timeout policies
  • Apply principle of least privilege — limit damage by ensuring even authenticated users only access necessary resources
  • Regular security testing — conduct penetration testing specifically targeting authentication logic and flows

Recent CVEs (31399)

EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Authorization bypass in Akilli Commerce E-Commerce Website before 4.5.001 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to hijack user sessions through user-controlled key manipulation. The vulnerability enables complete system compromise with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Turkish national CERT (TR-CERT) published an advisory, indicating regional significance. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing identified at time of analysis, but the CVSS 9.8 Critical rating and network-accessible, unauthenticated attack vector suggest this is highly exploitable if the platform is internet-facing.

Authentication Bypass E Commerce Website
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL Act Now

Unauthenticated attackers can permanently delete arbitrary WordPress content (posts, pages, WooCommerce products/orders) and manipulate post statuses in InfusedWoo Pro plugin versions up to 5.1.2 due to missing authorization checks. The CVSS 9.1 (Critical) score reflects network-accessible attack with no complexity barriers, though the Availability impact rating (A:N) appears inconsistent with the ability to mass-delete content. EPSS data unavailable; no CISA KEV listing or public exploit confirmed at time of analysis, but the WordPress ecosystem's large attack surface and clear Wordfence advisory make this a priority patching target for WooCommerce sites.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

MW WP Form plugin for WordPress allows unauthenticated attackers to extract data from password-protected, private, and draft posts via the _get_post_property_from_querystring() function due to insufficient access control checks on post retrieval. The vulnerability affects all versions up to 5.1.2 and requires only network access with no user interaction, enabling confidential content disclosure to unauthorized users.

Authentication Bypass Information Disclosure WordPress
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin through version 5.1.5 allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass admin approval requirements and register accounts directly by sending a crafted request with action=createuser parameter, exploiting missing authorization checks in the account creation process. The vulnerability affects all installations of the plugin with default or custom configurations where the admin approval feature is enabled. CVSS 5.3 reflects limited confidentiality impact but integrity compromise through unauthorized account creation.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

Insecure Direct Object Reference in the WordPress Fluent Forms plugin (versions through 6.2.0) allows authenticated users with Fluent Forms manager-level privileges to bypass form-level access controls via the exportEntries function. Attackers can exfiltrate submissions from forms they should not access, export data from arbitrary database tables, and enumerate table names through error message disclosure. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS probability is very low (0.03%) despite the high CVSS score.

Authentication Bypass WordPress Fluent Forms Customizable Contact Forms Survey Quiz Conversational Form Builder
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Privilege escalation in the InfusedWoo Pro WordPress plugin (versions through 5.1.2) allows authenticated subscriber-level users to elevate themselves to Administrator by abusing the unprotected infusedwoo_gdpr_upddata() function to overwrite their wp_capabilities user meta. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is very low (0.04%), and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, but the technical impact is total once the simple authentication prerequisite is met.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation WordPress +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Authentication bypass and privilege escalation in the InfusedWoo Pro WordPress plugin (versions through 5.1.2) lets unauthenticated remote attackers seize administrator accounts by abusing the iwar_save_recipe() AJAX handler. Because the endpoint lacks nonce verification and capability checks, attackers can plant a malicious automation recipe that chains an HTTP post trigger with an auto-login action, so visiting a crafted URL returns valid authentication cookies for any chosen user. Reported by Wordfence with a CVSS of 9.8; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS sits at 0.19% (40th percentile) despite the SSVC assessment of total technical impact and automatable exploitation.

Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation WordPress +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

Authentication bypass in the Burst Statistics WordPress plugin versions 3.4.0 through 3.4.1.1 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to impersonate any administrator whose username they know by supplying an arbitrary Basic Authentication password. The flaw resides in flawed return-value handling within the `is_mainwp_authenticated()` function used to validate application passwords from the Authorization header, enabling privilege escalation per request. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is low (0.26%), but the CVSS 9.8 score and SSVC 'total' technical impact mark it as a high-severity authentication bypass worth prioritizing.

Authentication Bypass Google Privilege Escalation +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Private group member enumeration in GitLab CE/EE affects all versions from 15.1 through unfixed releases 18.9.6, 18.10.5, and 18.11.2, permitting any authenticated user holding project membership to discover the member list of an otherwise private group due to a missing authorization check (CWE-862). The flaw collapses GitLab's tiered permission boundary between project-level and group-level access, leaking organizational membership data to users who have no entitlement to view it. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and an EPSS score of 0.01% (2nd percentile) reflects near-zero observed exploitation probability.

Authentication Bypass Gitlab
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.6
LOW PATCH Monitor

Merge request approval bypass in GitLab Enterprise Edition allows authenticated users to circumvent policy-enforced approval gates due to improper cleanup of orphaned approval policy records. Affected are all GitLab EE deployments running versions from 15.7 up to (but not including) 18.9.7, 18.10.6, and 18.11.3. No public exploit exists and no active exploitation has been confirmed; however, the integrity impact carries meaningful governance risk in regulated environments where merge approval policies serve as a compliance or change-management control.

Authentication Bypass Gitlab
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Improper access control in GitLab Enterprise Edition allows authenticated users holding only developer-role permissions to remove code owner approval rules from merge requests, effectively bypassing a critical gatekeeping control in the software development lifecycle. Affected are all GitLab EE versions from 11.10 up to (but not including) 18.9.7, 18.10.6, and 18.11.3. No public exploit or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis; EPSS is 0.01% and CISA SSVC rates exploitation as none, indicating this is a low-urgency but organizationally meaningful integrity issue for teams relying on code owner rules for compliance or security enforcement.

Authentication Bypass Gitlab
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.2
HIGH This Week

Authorization bypass in the Fluent Forms WordPress plugin (versions ≤6.1.21) allows authenticated Fluent Forms Managers to read, modify, annotate, and delete submissions belonging to forms outside their assigned scope by tampering with a user-controlled form_id query parameter. The flaw stems from the SubmissionPolicy class trusting client-supplied input for authorization decisions, granting cross-form access despite role restrictions. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS exploitation probability remains low at 0.03%.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

Missing authorization controls in the WP Encryption WordPress plugin (all versions through 7.8.5.10) allow any authenticated subscriber-level user to invoke the `wple_basic_get_requests` function and tamper with SSL lifecycle configuration - resetting SSL setup state, falsely marking SSL as complete, and altering plan selection options. The affected plugin automates Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning for WordPress sites, meaning successful exploitation can silently break or misrepresent a site's HTTPS posture. No public exploit code exists and no active exploitation is confirmed (not in CISA KEV); EPSS at 0.02% and SSVC exploitation rating of 'none' place this firmly in the low-urgency tier despite the low privilege bar.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Package protection rule bypass in GitLab CE/EE allows authenticated users holding developer-role permissions to circumvent registry protections that should restrict their write or publish actions. Affecting all GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition instances running versions 18.3 through 18.9.6, 18.10 through 18.10.5, and 18.11 through 18.11.2, an attacker with a legitimately provisioned developer account can undermine the integrity controls placed on protected packages. No public exploit code exists and no active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis; the EPSS score of 0.01% (1st percentile) and SSVC exploitation rating of 'none' confirm this is a low-urgency finding.

Authentication Bypass Gitlab
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Unauthorized debug symbol exposure in GitLab CE/EE allows access to private debugging artifacts from projects the requester should not be able to reach, due to improper authorization controls (CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key). Affected instances span all GitLab CE and EE deployments running versions from 16.7 up through the patched releases 18.9.7, 18.10.6, and 18.11.3 - a broad version window of roughly two years of releases. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, EPSS is 0.02% (5th percentile), and CISA SSVC rates exploitation status as none, collectively indicating low near-term exploitation probability despite the wide version exposure.

Authentication Bypass Gitlab
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Authenticated developers in GitLab CE/EE versions before 18.9.7, 18.10.6, and 18.11.3 can bypass PyPI package protection rules and upload restricted packages due to improper authorization checks. Despite CVSS 4.3 rating, the 0.01% EPSS score and CISA SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: partial) indicate minimal real-world exploitation risk, with no confirmed active exploitation or public exploits identified at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass Gitlab
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.7
LOW PATCH Monitor

GitLab Enterprise Edition's instance-level approval rule editing prevention control can be bypassed by authenticated Maintainer-level users due to missing server-side authorization checks (CWE-862). Affected are all GitLab EE versions from 16.10 through before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3. An attacker holding Maintainer permissions can modify or delete project approval rules even when an administrator has explicitly enabled the instance-level restriction designed to prevent such changes, undermining the integrity of merge request approval workflows. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is at the 1st percentile, indicating negligible opportunistic exploitation risk.

Authentication Bypass Gitlab
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Authenticated developers in GitLab CE/EE can bypass container registry tag protection policies and delete protected tags due to improper server-side authorization checks (CWE-639), affecting all versions from 17.10 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3. The vulnerability was privately disclosed via HackerOne (report 3480620) and remediated in the May 2026 patch release cycle. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and an EPSS of 0.01% (1st percentile) combined with SSVC exploitation status of 'none' indicate minimal current real-world exploitation risk.

Authentication Bypass Gitlab
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Unauthorized issue disclosure in GitLab CE/EE exposes confidential project data to authenticated Guest-level users who lack explicit project membership. By exploiting an object-level authorization flaw (CWE-639), a Guest user can retrieve issues belonging to projects they have no sanctioned access to, bypassing GitLab's project-level visibility controls. No public exploit exists and EPSS sits at 0.01%, but the broad version range - spanning GitLab 15.1 all the way through 18.11.2 - means a large install base requires patching, and the confidentiality risk is real for organizations using issues to track sensitive engineering or security work.

Authentication Bypass Gitlab
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

Payment bypass in LearnPress WordPress LMS Plugin (all versions ≤ 4.3.5) allows authenticated subscribers to enroll in any paid course at zero cost by manipulating a REST API parameter. The flaw stems from improper input handling in the add_to_cart() REST API endpoint where PHP's array_merge() permits attacker-supplied values to silently overwrite hardcoded order defaults - specifically the quantity field - causing the order total to resolve to $0 and bypassing all configured payment gateway enforcement. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and CISA KEV does not list this vulnerability; SSVC and EPSS both signal low current exploitation pressure, though the low-friction exploit path warrants prompt remediation on revenue-generating LMS deployments.

Authentication Bypass WordPress Learnpress Wordpress Lms Plugin For Create And Sell Online Courses
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

Authorization bypass in the My Calendar - Accessible Event Manager WordPress plugin (all versions through 3.7.9) allows authenticated attackers with custom-level access or higher to circumvent the moderation and approval workflow by directly manipulating the POST body. The plugin's server-side PHP code in my-calendar-event-editor.php accepted the client-supplied event_approved parameter and used it to override the server-calculated event status, despite UI-level restrictions ostensibly limiting low-privilege users to draft-only submissions. Exploitation enables unauthorized event publishing, cancellation, or marking events private - integrity impacts limited to the event management workflow. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS (0.02%, 4th percentile) and SSVC (exploitation: none) both indicate negligible current exploitation interest.

Authentication Bypass WordPress My Calendar Accessible Event Manager
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Unauthenticated remote information disclosure in CFEngine Enterprise (versions before 3.21.8, 3.24.3, and 3.27.0) allows network attackers to access sensitive data via incorrect access control implementation. The CVSS vector indicates network-accessible exploitation without authentication (AV:N/PR:N) with low attack complexity, enabling automated scanning and exploitation. EPSS probability is low (0.02%, 5th percentile), suggesting limited attacker interest to date, though the authentication bypass tag indicates the vulnerability could expose sensitive configuration or operational data. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV), and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Information disclosure in Hoppscotch (versions 2025.7.0 through pre-2026.4.0) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to retrieve all infrastructure secrets in plaintext by issuing a GET request to /v1/onboarding/config when the ONBOARDING_RECOVERY_TOKEN database value is an empty string. The flaw is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-28215, which patched the POST counterpart but left the read endpoint exposed; publicly available exploit code exists per SSVC, although no public exploit identified at time of analysis in references, and EPSS is low at 0.04%.

Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in cPanel and WP Squared allows an authenticated team member account to elevate privileges to the team owner, granting full control over the hosting account. The flaw stems from improper authorization checks within the team-member privilege model and carries a CVSS 7.1 (high integrity impact). EPSS is very low (0.03%) and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, but a vendor patch is available.

Authentication Bypass Cpanel Wp Squared +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.6
HIGH PATCH This Week

Cross-workspace IDOR in SQLBot (DataEase) versions prior to 1.8.0 allows authenticated low-privilege users to read and modify database schemas and data sources belonging to other tenants via the /api/v1/datasource/exportDsSchema and /api/v1/datasource/uploadDsSchema endpoints. The flaw breaks multi-tenant isolation in a Text-to-SQL platform that brokers access to backend databases, meaning a tenant can pivot to another tenant's data sources. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS probability is very low (0.04%), but SSVC rates technical impact as total.

Authentication Bypass Sqlbot
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Insufficient authorization enforcement on specific ERPNext endpoints allows authenticated low-privilege users to read sensitive data beyond their permitted role and make limited unauthorized data modifications. Affecting all ERPNext deployments prior to 15.102.0 (v15 branch) and prior to 16.11.0 (v16 branch), an attacker holding any valid user account can invoke unprotected server-side endpoints to access restricted records or alter data outside their role scope. No public exploit code exists and SSVC confirms no active exploitation, but the high confidentiality impact (CVSS C:H) warrants prompt patching - particularly on internet-exposed ERPNext instances where low-privilege accounts may be broadly distributed.

Authentication Bypass Erpnext
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.9
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Privilege escalation in ERPNext versions prior to 16.9.1 allows authenticated low-privileged users to modify data outside their assigned role due to missing authorization checks on certain endpoints. The flaw carries a CVSS 9.9 score with scope change, but EPSS is only 0.04% and CISA SSVC reports no observed exploitation, indicating no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The vendor (Frappe) has released a patched version 16.9.1 alongside GHSA-cg5w-7g26-p3w9.

Authentication Bypass Erpnext
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.6
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in MISP threat intelligence platform versions prior to 2.5.37 allows organization administrators to reset authentication keys of site administrator accounts within the same organization, yielding cross-tier access takeover. The flaw stems from missing authorization checks in the auth key reset workflow, enabling an org-admin to harvest a freshly generated site-admin API key. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS rates exploitation probability at just 0.06%, but a vendor-released patch (2.5.37) is available.

Authentication Bypass Misp
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

SQL injection in MISP threat intelligence platform versions prior to 2.5.37 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to manipulate ORDER BY clauses in event and shadow attribute listing endpoints by supplying crafted ordering parameters. The CVSS 4.0 score of 9.3 reflects high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though EPSS exploitation probability sits at just 0.04% and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Given MISP's role as a repository of sensitive threat-intelligence data shared between organizations, successful exploitation could expose IOCs, attribution data, and partner-shared intelligence.

Authentication Bypass SQLi Misp
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.1
LOW PATCH Monitor

Insufficient session expiration in Strapi versions prior to 5.33.3 allows an authenticated attacker who has previously obtained a valid refresh token to maintain persistent unauthorized access even after the account owner resets their password. Both the admin panel (@strapi/admin) and the API-facing users-permissions plugin (@strapi/plugin-users-permissions) are affected, covering all Strapi deployments up to and including 5.33.2. Because the refresh-token invalidation logic was gated on a caller-supplied deviceId parameter, a password reset without that parameter left all prior refresh sessions alive - meaning credential rotation failed to evict an attacker for up to 30 days by default. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and SSVC confirms exploitation status as none.

Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Improper access control in Grafana OSS allows authenticated Editor-role users to delete any annotation instance-wide, regardless of whether they hold read or create permissions on that annotation. The flaw affects a broad version range from 8.5.0 through 13.0.1, exposing organizations to unauthorized data destruction by low-privileged internal users. No active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis (SSVC: none; EPSS: 0.03%, 8th percentile), and no public exploit code exists; real-world risk is constrained by the authentication prerequisite and partial integrity-only impact.

Authentication Bypass Grafana Oss
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Missing authorization in Grafana OSS's snapshot deletion endpoint allows any authenticated Editor-role user to delete arbitrary snapshots across the platform, regardless of whether they hold read or write access to those snapshots. Affected versions span a wide release range from 9.4.0 through 13.0.1 across multiple major branches (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:grafana:grafana_oss). With EPSS at 0.03% (8th percentile), SSVC exploitation rated none, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, the practical threat is primarily insider abuse or compromised Editor credentials being used to destroy monitoring data outside an attacker's legitimate scope.

Authentication Bypass Grafana Oss
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege revocation race condition in Grafana OSS allows a user whose service-account token-minting permission was just revoked to continue minting tokens for several seconds after the revocation event. The flaw, tagged as an authentication bypass affecting multiple supported branches of Grafana OSS (11.x, 12.x, 13.x), can yield high confidentiality and integrity impact by granting persistent API access via newly minted service-account tokens. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is very low (0.03%), and SSVC marks exploitation as none - but the vendor has issued patches across all affected branches.

Authentication Bypass Grafana Oss
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in Grafana OSS allows an authenticated Editor with write access to a dashboard they do not own to overwrite that dashboard and acquire admin permissions on it. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-33377 and disclosed by Grafana with patches across multiple maintained branches, has CVSS 7.1 reflecting high integrity impact via low-privileged network access. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS sits at 0.03% (8th percentile), but the high integrity impact warrants prompt patching for multi-tenant Grafana deployments.

Authentication Bypass Grafana Oss
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.1
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Incorrect Authorization in Palo Alto Networks Trust Protection Foundation allows adjacent-network unauthenticated attackers to bypass access controls and perform unauthorized actions against restricted resources. Affected version branches include 24.1.x, 24.3.x, 25.1.x, and 25.3.x, with fixed builds available from Palo Alto Networks. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS sits at the 1st percentile (0.01%), and SSVC rates exploitation as none - but the high availability impact component (VA:H in CVSS 4.0) on vulnerable systems makes patching a priority for organizations with exposed deployments.

Authentication Bypass Trust Protection Foundation
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Local privilege escalation in Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent (all versions prior to 26.2.1) allows any locally authenticated non-administrative user to elevate to root on macOS and Linux, or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows, by exploiting a flawed privilege management mechanism. Successful exploitation grants full control of the affected endpoint, enabling arbitrary code execution and unauthorized access to data restricted to privileged accounts. No public exploit exists and the vulnerability is absent from CISA KEV; however, SSVC rates technical impact as total, making patching a meaningful priority for multi-user and enterprise endpoint environments.

Google RCE Apple +4
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Authorization bypass in Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent's Endpoint DLP component permits a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to circumvent authentication controls and invoke privileged operations. Affected are all Prisma Access Agent versions prior to 26.2.1, with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the vulnerable component confirmed by the CVSS:4.0 vector (VC:H/VI:H/VA:H). No active exploitation has been identified - SSVC marks exploitation as 'none', EPSS sits at the 1st percentile, and the CVSS exploit maturity is rated 'Unreported' (E:U).

Authentication Bypass Prisma Access Agent
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Improper certificate validation in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect App exposes macOS and Android users to adversary-in-the-middle attacks from locally adjacent network positions, enabling traffic interception and malicious software installation. The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker on the same subnet - or a local non-administrative OS user - to redirect encrypted VPN communications to a rogue server by bypassing TLS certificate checks. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, EPSS is effectively zero, and CISA SSVC rates exploitation as none, though the high confidentiality and integrity impact on the vulnerable component warrants prompt patching on affected platforms.

Apple Paloalto Microsoft +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Unauthenticated access to an exposed Keycloak management service in the Arqit Symmetric Key Agreement Platform allows remote attackers to read sensitive operational data including application metrics and health status without any credentials. All versions of the platform prior to 26.03 are affected. The CVSS vector (PR:N/AC:L) confirms no authentication is required and exploitation is straightforward; however, EPSS at 0.01% (1st percentile) and SSVC exploitation status of 'none' indicate no public exploit or active targeting observed at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass Symmetric Key Agreement Platform
NVD
EPSS 0% 4.6 CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

Authentication bypass in the GlobalProtect portal and gateway of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows remote attackers to establish unauthorized VPN connections without valid credentials. The flaw is confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV) and publicly available exploit code exists, though EPSS remains low at 0.05%, suggesting targeted rather than mass exploitation. Panorama and Cloud NGFW deployments are not affected, but PAN-OS firewalls and Prisma Access tenants running vulnerable trains are exposed.

Paloalto Authentication Bypass
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Policy bypass in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Browser allows a locally authenticated non-admin user to circumvent access and data control policies via a race condition, potentially exposing restricted data with high confidentiality impact to the vulnerable system. Affected versions span all releases prior to 146.16.6.165, per EUVD-2026-30087 and vendor advisory. No active exploitation is confirmed - the vulnerability is absent from CISA KEV, EPSS sits at 0.01% (3rd percentile), and SSVC assessment categorizes exploitation status as none - indicating this is a low-urgency but architecturally meaningful trust boundary weakness in an enterprise browser control product.

Paloalto Authentication Bypass Prisma Browser
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Palo Alto Networks Prisma Browser on macOS allows a locally authenticated non-admin user to access an internal automation bridge that was insufficiently restricted, enabling unauthorized commands to be sent to the browser and bypassing built-in security controls. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-0237 with a CVSS 4.0 score of 7.3 and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though SSVC rates the technical impact as total.

Apple Paloalto Authentication Bypass +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows unauthenticated network attackers to circumvent authentication controls when the Cloud Authentication Service (CAS) feature is enabled, with the highest risk when CAS is bound to the management interface. The flaw affects PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls as well as Panorama (virtual and M-Series); Cloud NGFW and Prisma Access are not impacted. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS rates real-world exploitation probability low at 0.08%, but the high-value target profile and CWE-347 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature) class - combined with the 'Jwt Attack' tag - warrant prompt patching.

Paloalto Authentication Bypass Jwt Attack +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

U-SPEED AC1200 Gigabit Wi-Fi Router Model T18-21K V1.0 exposes an unauthenticated UART serial interface that grants unrestricted access to device functionality upon physical connection. An attacker with physical access to the exposed UART pins can bypass all authentication and authorization controls to gain full device compromise. EPSS exploitation probability is low (0.03%), reflecting the physical access requirement, though the impact of successful exploitation is severe (confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise).

Authentication Bypass T18 21K Firmware
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Authorization bypass in SiYuan note-taking platform versions up to and including v3.6.5 allows publish-mode Readers (anonymous visitors) and read-only Editors to invoke eight state-mutating APIs that are missing CheckAdminRole and CheckReadonly middleware. Attackers with only basic CheckAuth (including unauthenticated publish visitors) can rewrite the workspace conf.json, manipulate cloud sync intervals, overwrite graph configuration, poison the SQL block index, and tamper with the admin's recent-documents list. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but a detailed PoC accompanies the advisory and EPSS sits at 0.04% (12th percentile).

Authentication Bypass Information Disclosure Docker
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Unauthenticated Solr streaming expression injection in Goobi viewer Core (versions 4.8.0 through 26.04) allows remote attackers to fully read, modify, or delete the backend Solr index by posting arbitrary expressions to the `/api/v1/index/stream` endpoint. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the vulnerability is trivially exploitable with CVSS 9.8 and bypasses access-condition protections such as moving walls and licence restrictions. EPSS is currently low (0.04%) reflecting the niche audience rather than technical difficulty.

Authentication Bypass Apache Tomcat
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Broken access control in SiYuan's publish-service API allows authenticated RoleReader principals to enumerate workspace metadata from notebooks explicitly marked as private or publish-ignored. Four search endpoints - `/api/search/searchTag`, `/api/search/searchAsset`, `/api/search/searchWidget`, and `/api/search/searchTemplate` - pass the `CheckAuth` middleware that a publish-service RoleReader JWT satisfies, but never apply the `IsReadOnlyRoleContext` filtering logic that sibling endpoints in the same file correctly implement, returning unscoped global workspace results. A proof-of-concept exploit exists per SSVC assessment and is documented in the advisory; the vulnerability is not currently listed in CISA KEV.

Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Broken access control in SiYuan's `/api/tag/getTag` endpoint (versions prior to 3.7.0) allows any authenticated low-privilege user - including publish-service `RoleReader` accounts and `RoleEditor` accounts on read-only workspaces - to mutate the global `Conf.Tag.Sort` configuration value and trigger a full rewrite of the workspace `conf.json` file. The handler silently executes a privileged write operation (`model.Conf.Save()`) when a `sort` argument is present, despite the endpoint being registered with only `model.CheckAuth` middleware, omitting the `model.CheckAdminRole` and `model.CheckReadonly` guards that sibling write endpoints correctly enforce. Publicly available exploit code exists per SSVC assessment, though no active exploitation has been confirmed (not in CISA KEV; EPSS 0.03%).

Authentication Bypass Docker
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Nautobot's REST API fails to enforce user 'view' permissions when resolving GenericForeignKey references during object creation or update, allowing authenticated users to create cross-object associations to records they are explicitly denied access to view. Any Nautobot user holding write access to an affected model - including ImageAttachment, Cable, Note, ContactAssociation, and over a dozen others - can link those records to restricted objects (e.g., Devices) if they know the target's UUID through any side channel. No public exploit has been identified and this vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV; EPSS of 0.02% (6th percentile) reflects low probability of automated exploitation, though the authorization bypass is straightforward once credentials and a target UUID are in hand.

Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Unauthorized write access to Traefik's live dynamic configuration is achievable by a low-privileged Kubernetes tenant in shared Gateway deployments, because the Gateway API provider's `isInternalService()` check accepts any `TraefikService` name ending in `@internal` - not exclusively the intended `api@internal`. This allows a tenant with `HTTPRoute` creation rights to route external traffic to `rest@internal`, fully bypassing the `providers.rest.insecure=false` safeguard and gaining `PUT /api/providers/rest` write access. No active exploitation is confirmed (not in CISA KEV, EPSS at 0.01%), but a detailed proof-of-concept is published in the GHSA advisory and the SSVC framework marks the attack as automatable for tenants meeting the prerequisites.

Denial Of Service Authentication Bypass Kubernetes
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A race condition in the Linux kernel's sched_ext BPF scheduler subsystem allows a local low-privileged user to permanently hang the system when sched_ext is actively loaded. Between scx_claim_exit() atomically marking error exit and the subsequent kick of the helper kthread, a preemption window exists where the BPF scheduler - now with error handling disabled - may fail to reschedule the calling task, leaving the helper work permanently unqueued. The result is bypass mode never activating, task dispatching halting, and a complete system wedge. No public exploit has been identified and EPSS sits at 0.02% (5th percentile), but the availability impact is total for affected systems running a custom BPF scheduler.

Authentication Bypass Linux Red Hat +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH POC This Week

Huawei HG630 V2 router contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to obtain administrative access by retrieving the device serial number. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Huawei Authentication Bypass
NVD Exploit-DB VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

NGINX Plus and NGINX Open Source configured with the HTTP/3 QUIC module allows unauthenticated remote attackers to spoof source IP addresses, enabling bypass of authorization checks and rate-limiting controls. The vulnerability affects both commercial and open-source variants when QUIC is explicitly enabled, with patches available from F5.

Authentication Bypass Nginx Nginx Plus +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Authenticated administrators in F5 BIG-IP Appliance mode can bypass configuration restrictions designed to prevent system-level access. Administrators with the 'Administrator' role can circumvent Appliance mode lockdown controls, potentially modifying underlying system configurations that should be protected in this deployment mode. Vendor patch available per F5 Security Advisory K000160876. CVSS 8.5 reflects high confidentiality/integrity impact despite requiring privileged authentication.

Authentication Bypass Big Ip
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM This Month

Improper Input Validation in the NAT64 translator in The OpenThread Authors OpenThread before commit 26a882d on all platforms allows an attacker on the adjacent IPv4 network to inject corrupted IPv6 packets into the Thread mesh or bypass security checks via crafted IPv4 packets with options.

Authentication Bypass Openthread
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

Authenticated subscribers can bypass authorization gates and forcibly join any ProfileGrid group - including closed, paid, or restricted groups - through a missing capability check in the pm_invite_user function. Affects all ProfileGrid plugin versions up to 5.9.8.4. The vulnerability enables low-privilege users to circumvent membership restrictions and payment requirements, potentially exposing premium content and private community spaces. EPSS data not provided; no CISA KEV listing identified, indicating no confirmed widespread exploitation at time of analysis. CVSS 7.1 reflects high integrity impact due to authorization bypass capabilities.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

Authentication bypass in ProfileGrid - User Profiles, Groups and Communities WordPress plugin up to version 5.9.8.4 allows authenticated Subscriber-level users to modify site-wide group settings through unprotected AJAX actions (pm_set_group_order, pm_set_group_items, pm_set_field_order). Attackers can alter group menu order, list order, icon display, and field ordering without authorization checks. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified; CVSS 4.3 (low-moderate severity) reflects limited impact scope to integrity without confidentiality or availability impact.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

RTMKit Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access or higher to modify or reset site-wide widget configurations due to missing capability checks in the save_widget() and reset_all_widgets() functions. This privilege escalation vulnerability affects all versions up to 2.0.2 and enables unauthorized modification of widget data across the entire WordPress site, impacting site integrity and user experience.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access can modify the API key stored in the Hostinger Reach WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.3.8) due to missing capability checks in the AJAX handler, but only when the plugin is not yet connected to a site and the database contains no existing API key. The vulnerability allows unauthorized data modification via the 'hostinger_reach_connection_notice_action' action with CVSS 5.3 (network-accessible, high integrity impact, but requiring low-privilege authentication and non-standard conditions).

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM This Month

Incorrect authorization in the "submitted together" feature in Gerrit versions 2.12 and later allows an authenticated attacker with force push permissions on a secondary branch to bypass code review and forcefully submit code to restricted branches via a crafted submission matching the "topic" tag of an unapproved change.

Authentication Bypass Gerrit
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Authenticated instructors in Tutor LMS versions up to 3.9.9 can manipulate course ownership logic via an attacker-controlled GET parameter to perform unauthorized operations on other instructors' courses, including deleting lessons, quizzes, assignments, and student data, or modifying course content and grades. The vulnerability stems from the `get_course_id_by()` function unconditionally trusting user-supplied input instead of validating course ownership, bypassing the plugin's primary authorization gate. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Unauthenticated attackers can retrieve any support ticket content from the ilGhera Support System for WooCommerce plugin (versions up to 1.3.0) by exploiting a missing capability check in the 'get_ticket_content_callback' function, exposing sensitive customer data and private communications without authentication. The vulnerability requires only a valid ticket ID and network access, with no active public exploitation confirmed at time of analysis, but the low attack complexity and unauthenticated nature make it practically exploitable against any WordPress site running the affected plugin.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler plugin for WordPress versions up to 8.9.0 allows authenticated attackers to delete any user's published and scheduled social media post records due to missing ownership verification in the deleteUserPublishPost() and deleteUserSchedPost() functions. Attackers can supply arbitrary sequential post IDs to permanently soft-delete other users' B2S post records, disrupting content publishing workflows across multiuser WordPress installations. This vulnerability requires valid WordPress user authentication but no elevated privileges.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

Broadstreet WordPress plugin up to version 1.53.1 allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access to create advertisers via missing capability checks on the create_advertiser AJAX action, enabling privilege escalation and unauthorized modification of advertising data.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Unauthenticated attackers can manipulate product prices in WooCommerce carts via an unprotected AJAX action in the Cost Calculator Builder plugin for WordPress (versions up to 4.0.1) when used with Cost Calculator Builder PRO. The vulnerability stems from the ccb_woocommerce_payment AJAX endpoint being registered without authentication requirements (wp_ajax_nopriv) and failing to validate user input before passing it to checkout initialization, allowing price modification without authorization. This is an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) flaw with moderate CVSS score (5.3) that enables integrity violations but not confidentiality breaches or availability impact.

Authentication Bypass WordPress
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

OpenLearnX versions prior to 2.0.4 contain a critical authentication bypass vulnerability caused by disabled JWT signature verification, enabling unauthenticated attackers to gain unauthorized access to user accounts. The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.0.4. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

Authentication bypass in Garmin WDU v1 1.4.6 and v2 5.0 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via WebSocket API. The web interface implements client-side-only authentication while the WebSocket backend enforces no authentication, enabling complete bypass by directly accessing remote APIs. With CVSS 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N) but only 0.03% EPSS probability, this represents a critical design flaw in deployed devices rather than actively exploited widespread threat. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.

Authentication Bypass
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Flowsint is an open-source OSINT graph exploration tool designed for cybersecurity investigation, transparency, and verification. Prior to 1.2.3, Broken Access Control allows reading of sketch logs from any user. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.3.

Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 2.3
LOW Monitor

Flowsint is an open-source OSINT graph exploration tool designed for cybersecurity investigation, transparency, and verification. Prior to 1.2.3, an adversary with knowledge of an investigation ID, could update the metadata of an investigation of another user. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.3.

Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

GoJobs is a REST API for a Job Board platform. The application exposes a job retrieval endpoint that allows unauthenticated users to access job details by directly manipulating object identifiers. The endpoint lacks proper authentication and authorization checks, resulting in unauthorized access to job data.

Authentication Bypass Gojobs
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL Act Now

ChurchCRM is an open-source church management system. From 7.2.0 to 7.2.2, The fix for CVE-2026-4058 is incomplete. The hardening commit was merged and then silently stripped from src/api/routes/public/public-user.php by an unrelated PR before any 7.2.x tag was cut. Every shipped 7.2.x release therefore remains exploitable by the PoC published with the original advisory. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.3.1.

Authentication Bypass PHP
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH This Week

The MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability checks on the get_ads_access_token() and reset_experience() functions in all versions up to, and including, 10.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve live Google OAuth access tokens and reset Plugins's Google Ads integration.

Authentication Bypass WordPress Google
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

## Resolution SillyTavern 1.18.0 now includes a configuration option to limit which IP addresses can authorize using SSO headers, limiting to just loopback addresses by default. A setting can be customized according to user's needs. Documentation: https://docs.sillytavern.app/administration/sso/ ## Summary SillyTavern accepts `Remote-User` (Authelia) and `X-Authentik-Username` (Authentik) HTTP headers to automatically log in users when SSO is configured. There is no validation that these headers originate from a trusted reverse proxy. Any network client that can reach the SillyTavern port directly can inject these headers and authenticate as any user, including administrators, without a password. This vulnerability is exploitable only when `sso.autheliaAuth: true` or `sso.authentikAuth: true` is set in `config.yaml` (both default to `false`). ### Detials SillyTavern implements header-based SSO for Authelia and Authentik. When enabled, the `tryAutoLogin` function (called on every request to `/login`) invokes `headerUserLogin`, which reads an HTTP header set by the upstream proxy and automatically creates an authenticated session for the matching user: `src/users.js:779-801`: ```js async function headerUserLogin(request, header = 'Remote-User') { if (!request.session) { return false; } const remoteUser = request.get(header); // reads any header from any client if (!remoteUser) { return false; } const userHandles = await getAllUserHandles(); for (const userHandle of userHandles) { if (remoteUser.toLowerCase() === userHandle) { const user = await storage.getItem(toKey(userHandle)); if (user && user.enabled) { request.session.handle = userHandle; return true; } } } return false; } ``` `request.get(header)` is Express's wrapper for `req.headers[name.toLowerCase()]`. Express does not distinguish between headers set by a trusted upstream proxy and headers injected by the end client. Without an IP allowlist check, any client can set `Remote-User: ` and receive an authenticated session cookie. ### User Enumeration Pre-Condition The `/api/users/list` endpoint is registered before `requireLoginMiddleware` in `src/server-main.js:236`, making it publicly accessible without authentication: `src/server-main.js:236,239`: ```js app.use('/api/users', usersPublicRouter); // line 236 (public) app.use(requireLoginMiddleware); // line 239 (auth gate) ``` `src/endpoints/users-public.js:26-57`: ```js router.post('/list', async (_request, response) => { if (DISCREET_LOGIN) { return response.sendStatus(204); } const users = await storage.values(x => x.key.startsWith(KEY_PREFIX)); return response.json(viewModels); // returns handle, name, avatar, admin, password flags }); ``` This allows an attacker to enumerate all user handles (including admin handles) without any prior credentials. ## PoC ```bash TARGET="http://localhost:8000" # enumerate users curl -s -X POST "$TARGET/api/users/list" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{}' # inject Remote-User header, receive authsession curl -s -L \ -H "Remote-User: admin-user" \ -c /tmp/st-session.txt \ "$TARGET/login" # obtain CSRF token, call admin API TOKEN=$(curl -s -b /tmp/st-session.txt "$TARGET/csrf-token" | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['token'])") curl -s -X POST "$TARGET/api/users/admin/get" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "X-CSRF-Token: $TOKEN" \ -b /tmp/st-session.txt \ -d '{}' ``` --- ## Impact An account takeover, allowing an attacker to do anything a legitimately authorized user can do.

Authentication Bypass CSRF
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

arduino-esp32 is an Arduino core for the ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3, ESP32-C3, ESP32-C6 and ESP32-H2 microcontrollers. Prior to 3.3.8, the WebServer Digest authentication implementation in arduino-esp32 computes the authentication hash using the URI field from the client's Authorization header, without verifying that it matches the actual requested URI. This allows an attacker who possesses any valid digest response (computed for URI-A) to authenticate requests to a completely different protected URI (URI-B), bypassing per-resource access control. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.3.8.

Authentication Bypass Arduino Esp32
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Heym before 0.0.21 contains a sandbox escape vulnerability in the custom Python tool executor that allows authenticated workflow authors to bypass sandbox restrictions by using object-graph introspection primitives. Attackers can use Python introspection techniques to recover the unrestricted __import__ function, import blocked modules such as os and subprocess, and access inherited backend environment variables containing database credentials and encryption keys to execute arbitrary host commands as the backend service user.

Authentication Bypass Python Heym
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.6
HIGH PATCH This Week

Heym before 0.0.21 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in workflow execution that allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary workflows by referencing victim workflow UUIDs without proper access validation. Attackers can create workflows with execute nodes or agent subWorkflowIds pointing to victim workflow UUIDs to load and execute those workflows under attacker-controlled execution paths, exposing victim workflow outputs and triggering workflow nodes with unintended side effects.

Authentication Bypass Heym
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

efw4.X is an Enterprise Framework for Web. Prior to 4.08.010, the readonly flag set on the <efw:elFinder> JSP tag is intended to prevent file modifications. When protected=true, elfinder_checkRisk enforces that the client sends readonly=true (matching the session value), but no event handler checks the readonly value before performing write operations. The flag only controls client-side UI elements (disabling buttons) and response metadata (write: 0, locked: 1). An attacker who sends requests directly (bypassing the UI) can perform all file operations despite readonly=true. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.08.010.

Authentication Bypass Efw4 X
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.4
HIGH Act Now

PowerSYSTEM Center REST API endpoint for device account export allows an authenticated user with limited permissions to expose sensitive information normally restricted to administrative permissions only.

Authentication Bypass Powersystem Center 2020 Powersystem Center 2024 +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM This Month

PowerSYSTEM Center REST API endpoint for devices allows a low privilege authenticated user to access information normally limited by operational permissions.

Authentication Bypass Powersystem Center 2020
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH Act Now

PowerSYSTEM Center feature for device project groups allows an authenticated user with limited permissions to perform an unauthorized deletion of project groups.

Authentication Bypass Powersystem Center 2024 Powersystem Center 2026
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.9-beta1, 2.4.8-p4, 2.4.7-p9, 2.4.6-p14, 2.4.5-p16, 2.4.4-p17 and earlier are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized write access. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a maliciously crafted URL or interact with a compromised web page.

Authentication Bypass Adobe
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.4
LOW Monitor

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.9-beta1, 2.4.8-p4, 2.4.7-p9, 2.4.6-p14, 2.4.5-p16, 2.4.4-p17 and earlier [NEEDS REVIEW: impact mismatch - ticket says 'Arbitrary file system write', CIA triad derives 'Security Feature Bypass'. Verify CVSS vector before publishing.] are affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A high-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized write access. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a maliciously crafted URL or interact with a compromised web page. Scope is changed.

Authentication Bypass Adobe Adobe Commerce
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.9-beta1, 2.4.8-p4, 2.4.7-p9, 2.4.6-p14, 2.4.5-p16, 2.4.4-p17 and earlier are affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized write access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Authentication Bypass Adobe
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.9-beta1, 2.4.8-p4, 2.4.7-p9, 2.4.6-p14, 2.4.5-p16, 2.4.4-p17 and earlier are affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized write access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Authentication Bypass Adobe
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Relay adds real-time collaboration to Obsidian. Relay Server versions 0.9.0 through 0.9.6 contain an authentication bypass in the multi-document WebSocket endpoints. When authentication is configured, WebSocket connections without a token query parameter were incorrectly treated as having full server permissions. An unauthenticated network attacker who knows or guesses a document ID could connect to the document sync WebSocket and read or modify document contents without a valid document token. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.7.

Authentication Bypass Relay Server
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

A session management vulnerability in AOS-8 allows previously authenticated users to retain network access after their accounts are administratively disabled. Existing sessions are not invalidated when credentials are revoked, enabling continued access until session expiration. An attacker with compromised credentials could exploit this behavior to maintain unauthorized access even after the account has been disabled.

Authentication Bypass Hpe Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System Aos
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface of an AOS-10 Gateway that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to access sensitive files on the underlying operating system. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in the disclosure of confidential system information, potentially enabling further attacks against the affected device.

Authentication Bypass Hpe Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System Aos
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL Act Now

Adobe Connect versions 2025.9.15, 2025.8.157 and earlier are affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts into a web page, potentially gaining elevated access or control over the victim's account or session. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a maliciously crafted URL or interact with a compromised web page. Scope is changed.

Authentication Bypass Adobe RCE
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

Unauthenticated attackers can modify or delete arbitrary user notification records in Devolutions Server due to missing session validation in notification management endpoints. The vulnerability affects Devolutions Server 2025.3.19.0 and earlier, plus versions 2026.1.6.0 through 2026.1.15.0. CVSS 4.3 indicates low-to-moderate risk, but the EPSS percentile of 4% suggests this is not a high-priority target for automated exploitation despite the authentication bypass tag.

Authentication Bypass Devolutions Server
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Pingvin Share X is a secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform. From 1.14.1 to 1.16.2, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability allows an attacker who has obtained a valid username and password to skip the second-factor authentication (TOTP) requirement entirely. Although, an attacker still needs the user's password to reach this stage. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.3.

Authentication Bypass
NVD GitHub
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