CWE-306
AllowedMissing Authentication for Critical Function
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.
4625 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-279H-CV64-Q2H5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-22 00:31 – Updated: 2026-07-22 00:31Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Simphony product of Oracle Food and Beverage Applications (component: POS). Supported versions that are affected are 19.8-19.8.5, 19.9-19.9.3 and 19.10. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hospitality Simphony. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Hospitality Simphony. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-60169"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-306"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-21T22:17:17Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Simphony product of Oracle Food and Beverage Applications (component: POS). Supported versions that are affected are 19.8-19.8.5, 19.9-19.9.3 and 19.10. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hospitality Simphony. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Hospitality Simphony. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-279h-cv64-q2h5",
"modified": "2026-07-22T00:31:21Z",
"published": "2026-07-22T00:31:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60169"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-279X-MWFV-VCQV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-05 21:27 – Updated: 2026-08-05 21:27Impact
Nuxt DevTools (development mode only) exposes a bidirectional RPC channel over the Vite HMR WebSocket via the nuxt:devtools:rpc plugin. On affected versions the channel has no authentication: any client that can reach the Vite HMR endpoint (ws://<host>:<port>/, subprotocol vite-hmr) can call RPC methods, with no token, handshake, or origin check before the channel is established. The updateOptions(), clearOptions(), and openInEditor() methods do not enforce the ensureDevAuthToken check that the other mutating methods use.
openInEditor() reads the persisted behavior.openInEditor value and passes it to the launch-editor package, which spawns it as a child process. That value is settable through the equally unauthenticated updateOptions(). An attacker who can reach the HMR port can therefore chain updateOptions('behavior', { openInEditor: '<command>' }) then openInEditor('<any-existing-file>') to execute an arbitrary program on the developer's machine.
The HMR port is reachable by a process on the same host, by any peer on the LAN when the dev server is bound with nuxi dev --host, or by a malicious website the developer visits while the dev server is running (a browser can open the HMR WebSocket cross-origin). Impact is limited to development environments; production builds do not run DevTools.
Patches
Fixed in @nuxt/devtools@3.3.1. Because nuxt depends on @nuxt/devtools through a ^3.x range, updating is a lockfile refresh / reinstall; no nuxt release is required.
Workarounds
- Update
@nuxt/devtoolsto a patched version. - Do not run the dev server bound to a non-loopback interface (
nuxi dev --host) on an untrusted network. - Disable DevTools entirely with
devtools: { enabled: false }innuxt.config.
References
- GHSA-279x-mwfv-vcqv
launch-editor: https://www.npmjs.com/package/launch-editor
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"CVE-2026-71319"
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"CWE-306",
"CWE-94"
],
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"github_reviewed_at": "2026-08-05T21:27:39Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "### Impact\n\nNuxt DevTools (development mode only) exposes a bidirectional RPC channel over the Vite HMR WebSocket via the `nuxt:devtools:rpc` plugin. On affected versions the channel has no authentication: any client that can reach the Vite HMR endpoint (`ws://\u003chost\u003e:\u003cport\u003e/`, subprotocol `vite-hmr`) can call RPC methods, with no token, handshake, or origin check before the channel is established. The `updateOptions()`, `clearOptions()`, and `openInEditor()` methods do not enforce the `ensureDevAuthToken` check that the other mutating methods use.\n\n`openInEditor()` reads the persisted `behavior.openInEditor` value and passes it to the `launch-editor` package, which spawns it as a child process. That value is settable through the equally unauthenticated `updateOptions()`. An attacker who can reach the HMR port can therefore chain `updateOptions(\u0027behavior\u0027, { openInEditor: \u0027\u003ccommand\u003e\u0027 })` then `openInEditor(\u0027\u003cany-existing-file\u003e\u0027)` to execute an arbitrary program on the developer\u0027s machine.\n\nThe HMR port is reachable by a process on the same host, by any peer on the LAN when the dev server is bound with `nuxi dev --host`, or by a malicious website the developer visits while the dev server is running (a browser can open the HMR WebSocket cross-origin). Impact is limited to development environments; production builds do not run DevTools.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed in `@nuxt/devtools@3.3.1`. Because `nuxt` depends on `@nuxt/devtools` through a `^3.x` range, updating is a lockfile refresh / reinstall; no `nuxt` release is required.\n\n### Workarounds\n\n- Update `@nuxt/devtools` to a patched version.\n- Do not run the dev server bound to a non-loopback interface (`nuxi dev --host`) on an untrusted network.\n- Disable DevTools entirely with `devtools: { enabled: false }` in `nuxt.config`.\n\n### References\n\n- GHSA-279x-mwfv-vcqv\n- `launch-editor`: https://www.npmjs.com/package/launch-editor",
"id": "GHSA-279x-mwfv-vcqv",
"modified": "2026-08-05T21:27:39Z",
"published": "2026-08-05T21:27:39Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/security/advisories/GHSA-279x-mwfv-vcqv"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Unauthenticated Nuxt DevTools RPC allows arbitrary command execution on the developer\u0027s host"
}
GHSA-27R2-X487-Q675
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-15 09:30 – Updated: 2024-08-01 15:31The system application (com.transsion.kolun.aiservice) component does not perform an authentication check, which allows attackers to perform malicious exploitations and affect system services.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-3701"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-287",
"CWE-306"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-15T08:15:18Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "\nThe system application (com.transsion.kolun.aiservice) component does not perform an authentication check, which allows attackers to perform malicious exploitations and affect system services.\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-27r2-x487-q675",
"modified": "2024-08-01T15:31:39Z",
"published": "2024-04-15T09:30:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3701"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.tecno.com/SRC/blogdetail/236?lang=en_US"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.tecno.com/SRC/securityUpdates?type=SA"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-27XW-Q7RH-9MRW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-26 00:01 – Updated: 2022-06-04 00:00A file write vulnerability exists in the OAS Engine SecureTransferFiles functionality of Open Automation Software OAS Platform V16.00.0112. A specially-crafted series of network requests can lead to remote code execution. An attacker can send a sequence of requests to trigger this vulnerability.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-26082"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-306"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-05-25T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "A file write vulnerability exists in the OAS Engine SecureTransferFiles functionality of Open Automation Software OAS Platform V16.00.0112. A specially-crafted series of network requests can lead to remote code execution. An attacker can send a sequence of requests to trigger this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-27xw-q7rh-9mrw",
"modified": "2022-06-04T00:00:56Z",
"published": "2022-05-26T00:01:08Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26082"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1493"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-285J-VFP9-5W9W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-15 00:31 – Updated: 2024-11-15 00:31The software tools used by service personnel to test & calibrate the ventilator do not support user authentication. An attacker with access to the Service PC where the tools are installed could obtain diagnostic information through the test tool or manipulate the ventilator's settings and embedded software via the calibration tool, without having to authenticate to either tool. This could result in unauthorized disclosure of information and/or have unintended impacts on device settings and performance.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-48966"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-306"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-14T22:15:17Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "The software tools used by service personnel to test \u0026 calibrate the ventilator do not support user authentication. An attacker with access to the Service PC where the tools are installed could obtain diagnostic information through the test tool or manipulate the ventilator\u0027s settings and embedded software via the calibration tool, without having to authenticate to either tool. This could result in unauthorized disclosure of information and/or have unintended impacts on device settings and performance.",
"id": "GHSA-285j-vfp9-5w9w",
"modified": "2024-11-15T00:31:51Z",
"published": "2024-11-15T00:31:50Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48966"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-24-319-01"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2896-6GVQ-8VJR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:09 – Updated: 2023-02-02 15:30VDSM and libvirt in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H) 7-7.x before 7-7.2-20151119.0 and 6-6.x before 6-6.7-20151117.0 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization before 3.5.6 when VSDM is run with -spice disable-ticketing and a VM is suspended and then restored, allows remote attackers to log in without authentication via unspecified vectors.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2015-5201"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-306"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-02-25T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "VDSM and libvirt in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (aka RHEV-H) 7-7.x before 7-7.2-20151119.0 and 6-6.x before 6-6.7-20151117.0 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization before 3.5.6 when VSDM is run with -spice disable-ticketing and a VM is suspended and then restored, allows remote attackers to log in without authentication via unspecified vectors.",
"id": "GHSA-2896-6gvq-8vjr",
"modified": "2023-02-02T15:30:29Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:09:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5201"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2015:2527"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-5201"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253882"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273144"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2015-2527.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-28C6-PJXJ-5QXG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-13 12:30 – Updated: 2024-08-13 12:30A vulnerability in the combination of the OpenBMC's FW1050.00 through FW1050.10, FW1030.00 through FW1030.50, and FW1020.00 through FW1020.60 default password and session management allow an attacker to gain administrative access to the BMC. IBM X-Force ID: 290674.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-35124"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-288",
"CWE-306"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-13T12:15:06Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in the combination of the OpenBMC\u0027s FW1050.00 through FW1050.10, FW1030.00 through FW1030.50, and FW1020.00 through FW1020.60 default password and session management allow an attacker to gain administrative access to the BMC. IBM X-Force ID: 290674.",
"id": "GHSA-28c6-pjxj-5qxg",
"modified": "2024-08-13T12:30:53Z",
"published": "2024-08-13T12:30:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35124"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/290674"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7163195"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-28QH-HP2X-HP83
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-13 21:30 – Updated: 2024-06-13 21:30Deep Sea Electronics DSE855 Factory Reset Missing Authentication Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Deep Sea Electronics DSE855 devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the web-based UI. The issue results from the lack of authentication prior to allowing access to functionality. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-23173.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-5951"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-306"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-13T20:15:17Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Deep Sea Electronics DSE855 Factory Reset Missing Authentication Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Deep Sea Electronics DSE855 devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the web-based UI. The issue results from the lack of authentication prior to allowing access to functionality. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-23173.",
"id": "GHSA-28qh-hp2x-hp83",
"modified": "2024-06-13T21:30:54Z",
"published": "2024-06-13T21:30:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5951"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-675"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-28RX-W98G-GMX7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-21 21:30 – Updated: 2025-01-21 21:30Vulnerability in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools product of Oracle JD Edwards (component: Monitoring and Diagnostics SEC). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 9.2.9.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-21524"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-306"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-21T21:15:18Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools product of Oracle JD Edwards (component: Monitoring and Diagnostics SEC). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 9.2.9.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-28rx-w98g-gmx7",
"modified": "2025-01-21T21:30:55Z",
"published": "2025-01-21T21:30:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21524"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2025.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-28VH-FGGG-795M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-10 00:00 – Updated: 2022-05-17 00:00The Popup by Supsystic WordPress plugin before 1.10.9 does not have any authentication and authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated attackers to call it and get the email addresses of subscribed users
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-0424"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-200",
"CWE-306"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-05-09T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Popup by Supsystic WordPress plugin before 1.10.9 does not have any authentication and authorisation in an AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated attackers to call it and get the email addresses of subscribed users",
"id": "GHSA-28vh-fggg-795m",
"modified": "2022-05-17T00:00:52Z",
"published": "2022-05-10T00:00:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0424"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1e4593fd-51e5-43ca-a244-9aaef3804b9f"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation
- Divide the software into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Identify which of these areas require a proven user identity, and use a centralized authentication capability.
- Identify all potential communication channels, or other means of interaction with the software, to ensure that all channels are appropriately protected, including those channels that are assumed to be accessible only by authorized parties. Developers sometimes perform authentication at the primary channel, but open up a secondary channel that is assumed to be private. For example, a login mechanism may be listening on one network port, but after successful authentication, it may open up a second port where it waits for the connection, but avoids authentication because it assumes that only the authenticated party will connect to the port.
- In general, if the software or protocol allows a single session or user state to persist across multiple connections or channels, authentication and appropriate credential management need to be used throughout.
Mitigation MIT-15
For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks entirely. Then, these modified values would be submitted to the server.
Mitigation
- Where possible, avoid implementing custom, "grow-your-own" authentication routines and consider using authentication capabilities as provided by the surrounding framework, operating system, or environment. These capabilities may avoid common weaknesses that are unique to authentication; support automatic auditing and tracking; and make it easier to provide a clear separation between authentication tasks and authorization tasks.
- In environments such as the World Wide Web, the line between authentication and authorization is sometimes blurred. If custom authentication routines are required instead of those provided by the server, then these routines must be applied to every single page, since these pages could be requested directly.
Mitigation MIT-4.5
Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks
- Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- For example, consider using libraries with authentication capabilities such as OpenSSL or the ESAPI Authenticator [REF-45].
Mitigation
When storing data in the cloud (e.g., S3 buckets, Azure blobs, Google Cloud Storage, etc.), use the provider's controls to require strong authentication for users who should be allowed to access the data [REF-1297] [REF-1298] [REF-1302].
CAPEC-12: Choosing Message Identifier
This pattern of attack is defined by the selection of messages distributed via multicast or public information channels that are intended for another client by determining the parameter value assigned to that client. This attack allows the adversary to gain access to potentially privileged information, and to possibly perpetrate other attacks through the distribution means by impersonation. If the channel/message being manipulated is an input rather than output mechanism for the system, (such as a command bus), this style of attack could be used to change the adversary's identifier to more a privileged one.
CAPEC-166: Force the System to Reset Values
An attacker forces the target into a previous state in order to leverage potential weaknesses in the target dependent upon a prior configuration or state-dependent factors. Even in cases where an attacker may not be able to directly control the configuration of the targeted application, they may be able to reset the configuration to a prior state since many applications implement reset functions.
CAPEC-216: Communication Channel Manipulation
An adversary manipulates a setting or parameter on communications channel in order to compromise its security. This can result in information exposure, insertion/removal of information from the communications stream, and/or potentially system compromise.
CAPEC-36: Using Unpublished Interfaces or Functionality
An adversary searches for and invokes interfaces or functionality that the target system designers did not intend to be publicly available. If interfaces fail to authenticate requests, the attacker may be able to invoke functionality they are not authorized for.
CAPEC-62: Cross Site Request Forgery
An attacker crafts malicious web links and distributes them (via web pages, email, etc.), typically in a targeted manner, hoping to induce users to click on the link and execute the malicious action against some third-party application. If successful, the action embedded in the malicious link will be processed and accepted by the targeted application with the users' privilege level. This type of attack leverages the persistence and implicit trust placed in user session cookies by many web applications today. In such an architecture, once the user authenticates to an application and a session cookie is created on the user's system, all following transactions for that session are authenticated using that cookie including potential actions initiated by an attacker and simply "riding" the existing session cookie.