CWE-266Base1 in KEV

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Draft in the CWE catalog · 1,191 CVEs mapped

1,191
CVEs mapped
1
In KEV
6.8
Median CVSS
What it is

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Recent examples
8.8cvss
CVE-2026-112242

WordPress Profile Builder plugin <= 4.0.4 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Cozmoslabs Profile Builder profile-builder allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Profile Builder: from n/a through 4.0.4.

HIGHno explanation yet
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epss
5.6cvss
CVE-2026-114361

CVE-2026-114361 - MEDIUM Severity Vulnerability

A vulnerability was detected in HarnessRouter up to 0.31.10. This affects an unknown function of the file gateway/app.py of the component Identity Mode. Performing a manipulation of the argument X-Harness-Org/X-Harness-Member results in improper authorization. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is reported as difficult. Upgrading to version 0.31.11 mitigates this issue. The patch is named 48a26cdf9c4544d2c88d1a07f0777f063f1d753f. The affected component should be upgraded.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
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epss
7.3cvss
CVE-2026-114249

CVE-2026-114249 - HIGH Severity Vulnerability

A vulnerability was detected in dhikshitha29 Insurance-Management-System 91de5edda5baa109ad8e9baf03ce6a3ceda84183/125362cc21dca20d74091a4913a5096bb58dd837. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /Agent/includes/UpdatePolicyHolder-inc.php of the component Policy Holder Update Form. The manipulation of the argument Policy_no results in improper authorization. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. This product takes the approach of rolling releases to provide continious delivery. Therefore, version details for affected and updated releases are not available. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

HIGHno explanation yet
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epss
The record
Technical detail
CWE ID
CWE-266
Abstraction
Base
Structure
Simple
Status
Draft
References (1)