CWE-648— Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
The product does not conform to the API requirements for a function call that requires extra privileges. This could allow attackers to gain privileges by causing the function to be called incorrectly.— MITRE CWE catalog
69 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
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- CVE-2020-5291HIGHCVSS 7.2EG 7.22020-03-31
Bubblewrap (bwrap) before version 0.4.1, if installed in setuid mode and the kernel supports unprivileged user namespaces, then the `bwrap --userns2` option can be used to make the setuid process keep running as root while being traceable.…
- CVE-2025-1161HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12025-12-10
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs vulnerability in NomySoft Information Technology Training and Consulting Inc. Nomysem allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Nomysem: through May 2025.
- CVE-2022-24073HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12022-03-17
The Web Request API in Whale browser before 3.12.129.18 allowed to deny access to the extension store or redirect to any URL when users access the store.
- CVE-2022-24821MEDIUMCVSS 6.8EG 6.82022-04-08
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Simple users can create global SSX/JSX without specific rights: in theory only users with Programming Rights should be allowed to crea…
- CVE-2026-22922MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-02-09
Apache Airflow versions 3.1.0 through 3.1.6 contain an authorization flaw that can allow an authenticated user with custom permissions limited to task access to view task logs without having task log access. Users are recommended to upgr…
- CVE-2025-54767MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52025-07-29
An authenticated, read-only user can kill any processes running on the Xormon Original virtual appliance as the lpar2rrd user.
- CVE-2024-46978MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52024-09-18
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible for any user knowing the ID of a notification filter preference of another user, to enable/disable it or even delete it.…
- CVE-2025-63291MEDIUMCVSS 5.4EG 6.52025-11-14
When processing API requests, the Alteryx server 2022.1.1.42654 and 2024.1 used MongoDB object IDs to uniquely identify the data being requested by the caller. The Alteryx server did not check whether the authenticated user had permission …
- CVE-2024-53007MEDIUMCVSS 6.4EG 6.42025-01-31
Bentley Systems ProjectWise Integration Server before 10.00.03.288 allows unintended SQL query execution by an authenticated user via an API call.
- CVE-2019-3838MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-03-25
It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method in ghostscript before 9.27. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside …
- CVE-2019-3835MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-03-25
It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary in ghostscript before 9.27. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the c…
- CVE-2022-20965MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 5.42023-01-20
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to take privileges actions within the web-based management interface. This vulnerability is due to imp…
- CVE-2025-54768MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.32025-07-29
An API endpoint that should be limited to web application administrators is hidden from, but accessible by, lower-level read only web application users. The endpoint can be used to download logs from the appliance configuration, exposing�…
- CVE-2025-54766MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.32025-07-29
An API endpoint that should be limited to web application administrators is hidden from, but accessible by, lower-level read only web application users. The endpoint can be used to export the appliance configuration, exposing sensitive inf…
- CVE-2025-54765MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.32025-07-29
An API endpoint that should be limited to web application administrators is hidden from, but accessible by, lower-level read only web application users. The endpoint can be used to import the appliance configuration, allowing an attacker t…
- CVE-2025-0589MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.32025-02-11
In affected versions of Octopus Deploy where customers are using Active Directory for authentication it was possible for an unauthenticated user to make an API request against two endpoints which would retrieve some data from the associate…
- CVE-2023-20136MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32023-06-28
A vulnerability in the OpenAPI of Cisco Secure Workload could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with the privileges of a read-only user to execute operations that should require Administrator privileges. The attacker would need valid…
- CVE-2022-4805MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-12-28
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs in GitHub repository usememos/memos prior to 0.9.1.
- CVE-2022-24071MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-01-28
A Built-in extension in Whale browser before 3.12.129.46 allows attackers to compromise the rendering process which could lead to controlling browser internal APIs.
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