About “Privilege Escalation”

A curated feed of “Privilege Escalation”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 7822 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 1227 were published. Average CVSS is 7.7 (all time; 7.9 over 365d), and 84% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management, CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment, CWE-862 - Missing Authorization.

In our taxonomy this topic maps to a LOW impact class. Vendor advisories and release notes are key. Verify compatibility matrices, prefer supported long term versions, and stage rollouts with monitoring. Use the filters below to sort by CVSS, risk and CWE. Each detail page highlights vendor advisories and mitigation tips.

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CVSS ≥ 0.0
2024-08-07
High

CVE-2024-7265

Incorrect User Management vulnerability in Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy EZD RP allows logged-in user to change the password of any user, including root user, wh…

High

CVE-2024-7553

Incorrect validation of files loaded from a local untrusted directory may allow local privilege escalation if the underlying operating systems is Windows. This may result in the application executing…

2024-08-06
High

CVE-2024-23458

While copying individual autoupdater log files, reparse point check was missing which could result into crafted attacks, potentially leading to a local privilege escalation. This issue affects Zscale…

Medium

CVE-2024-6359

Privilege escalation vulnerability identified in OpenText ArcSight Intelligence.

High

CVE-2024-43114

In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.07.1 possible privilege escalation due to incorrect directory permissions

High

CVE-2024-7547

oFono SMS Decoder Stack-based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of oFono. An attacker m…

High

CVE-2024-7546

oFono SimToolKit Heap-based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of oFono. An attacker mus…

High

CVE-2024-7545

oFono SimToolKit Heap-based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of oFono. An attacker mus…

High

CVE-2024-7544

oFono SimToolKit Heap-based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of oFono. An attacker mus…

High

CVE-2024-7543

oFono SimToolKit Heap-based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of oFono. An attacker mus…

2024-08-05
Medium

CVE-2024-41820

Kubean is a cluster lifecycle management toolchain based on kubespray and other cluster LCM engine. The ClusterRole has `*` verbs of `*` resources. If a malicious user can access the worker node whic…

2024-08-03
High

CVE-2024-7291

The JetFormBuilder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.4.1. This is due to improper restriction on user meta fields. This makes it pos…

2024-08-02
High

CVE-2024-27181

In Apache Linkis <= 1.5.0, Privilege Escalation in Basic management services where the attacking user is a trusted account allows access to Linkis's Token information. Users are advised to upgra…

2024-08-01
High

CVE-2024-39634

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in IdeaBox PowerPack Pro for Elementor allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects PowerPack Pro for Elementor: from n/a through 2.10.14.

High

CVE-2024-39633

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in IdeaBox PowerPack for Beaver Builder allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects PowerPack for Beaver Builder: from n/a through 2.33.0.

High

CVE-2024-38775

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in WebAppick CTX Feed allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects CTX Feed: from n/a through 6.5.6.

Critical

CVE-2024-38770

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Revmakx Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule allows Privilege Escalation, Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsul…

High

CVE-2023-52209

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in WPForms, LLC. WPForms User Registration allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WPForms User Registration: from n/a through 2.1.0.

High

CVE-2024-6698

The FundEngine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying user meta updated through the u…

2024-07-31
High

CVE-2024-6975

Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local Privilege Escalation via openssl configuration file. This issue affects SDP Client before 5.10.34.

High

CVE-2024-6974

Cato Networks Windows SDP Client Local Privilege Escalation via self-upgradeThis issue affects SDP Client: before 5.10.34.

High

CVE-2024-31202

A “CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource” in the ThermoscanIP installation folder allows a local attacker to perform a Local Privilege Escalation.

Medium

CVE-2024-31201

A “CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element” affects the ThermoscanIP_Scrutation service. Such misconfiguration could be abused in scenarios where incorrect permissions were assigned to the C:\ path…

2024-07-30
High

CVE-2024-7297

Langflow versions prior to 1.0.13 suffer from a Privilege Escalation vulnerability, allowing a remote and low privileged attacker to gain super admin privileges by performing a mass assignment reques…

2024-07-29
High

CVE-2024-40828

The issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Monterey 12.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.6, macOS Ventura 13.6.8. A malicious app may be able to gain root privileges.

High

CVE-2024-7252

Comodo Internet Security Pro cmdagent Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Comodo Int…

High

CVE-2024-7251

Comodo Internet Security Pro cmdagent Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Comodo Int…

High

CVE-2024-7250

Comodo Internet Security Pro cmdagent Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Comodo Int…

High

CVE-2024-7249

Comodo Firewall Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Comodo Firewall. An attacker mus…

High

CVE-2024-7248

Comodo Internet Security Pro Directory Traversal Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Comodo Interne…

High

CVE-2024-6576

Improper Authentication vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer (SFTP module) can lead to Privilege Escalation.This issue affects MOVEit Transfer: from 2023.0.0 before 2023.0.12, from 2023.1.0 befo…

2024-07-26
High

CVE-2024-38512

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in XCC that could allow an authenticated XCC user with elevated privileges to perform command injection via specially crafted IPMI commands.

High

CVE-2024-38511

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in an upload processing functionality of XCC that could allow an authenticated XCC user with elevated privileges to perform command injection via s…

High

CVE-2024-38510

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in the SSH captive command shell interface that could allow an authenticated XCC user with elevated privileges to perform command injection via spe…

High

CVE-2024-38509

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in XCC that could allow an authenticated XCC user with elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted IPMI command.

High

CVE-2024-38508

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in the web interface or SSH captive command shell interface of XCC that could allow an authenticated XCC user with elevated privileges to perform c…

Medium

CVE-2024-27357

An issue was discovered in WithSecure Elements Agent through 23.x for macOS, WithSecure Elements Client Security through 23.x for macOS, and WithSecure MDR through 23.x for macOS. Local Privilege Esc…

High

CVE-2024-7062

Nimble Commander suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the server (info.filesmanager.Files.PrivilegedIOHelperV2) performing improper/insufficient validation of a client’s authoriza…

Critical

CVE-2024-4447

In the System → Maintenance tool, the Logged Users tab surfaces sessionId data for all users via the Direct Web Remoting API (UserSessionAjax.getSessionList.dwr) calls. While this is information that…

2024-07-25
High

CVE-2024-40872

There is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in server and client components of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.07. Attackers with local access and valid desktop user credentials can e…

Medium

CVE-2024-39670

Privilege escalation vulnerability in the account synchronisation module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.

Medium

CVE-2023-7271

Privilege escalation vulnerability in the NMS module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.

2024-07-24
Critical

CVE-2024-41110

Moby is an open-source project created by Docker for software containerization. A security vulnerability has been detected in certain versions of Docker Engine, which could allow an attacker to bypas…

2024-07-20
High

CVE-2024-6637

The WooCommerce - Social Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.3. This is due to a lack of brute force controls on…

2024-07-18
Medium

CVE-2024-40644

gitoxide An idiomatic, lean, fast & safe pure Rust implementation of Git. `gix-path` can be tricked into running another `git.exe` placed in an untrusted location by a limited user account on Windows…

High

CVE-2024-34013

Local privilege escalation due to OS command injection vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis True Image (macOS) before build 41396, Acronis True Image OEM (macOS) before build 4…

2024-07-17
High

CVE-2024-6660

The BookingPress – Appointment Booking Calendar Plugin and Online Scheduling Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due t…

2024-07-16
Medium

CVE-2024-3175

Insufficient data validation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.62 allowed a remote attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severit…

High

CVE-2024-3173

Insufficient data validation in Updater in Google Chrome prior to 120.0.6099.62 allowed a remote attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: H…

High

CVE-2024-6435

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the affected products which could allow a malicious user with basic privileges to access functions which should only be available to users with administ…

2024-07-15
Medium

CVE-2024-39819

Integrity check in the installer for some Zoom Workplace Apps and SDKs for Windows may allow an authenticated user to conduct a privilege escalation via local access.

High

CVE-2024-27240

Improper input validation in the installer for some Zoom Apps for Windows may allow an authenticated user to conduct a privilege escalation via local access.

High

CVE-2024-27238

Race condition in the installer for some Zoom Apps and SDKs for Windows before version 6.0.0 may allow an authenticated user to conduct a privilege escalation via local access.

High

CVE-2024-6689

Local Privilege Escalation in MSI-Installer in baramundi Management Agent v23.1.172.0 on Windows allows a local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

Medium

CVE-2024-23794

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in the inline editing functionality of OTRS can lead to privilege escalation. This flaw allows an agent with read-only permissions to gain full access…

2024-07-12
High

CVE-2024-40521

SeaCMS 12.9 has a remote code execution vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to the fact that although admin_template.php imposes certain restrictions on the edited file, attackers can still bypas…

Critical

CVE-2024-37927

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in NooTheme Jobmonster noo-jobmonster allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Jobmonster: from n/a through <= 4.7.5.

High

CVE-2024-37560

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in IqbalRony WP User Switch allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WP User Switch: from n/a through 1.1.0.

High

CVE-2024-6677

Privilege escalation in uberAgent

2024-07-11
High

CVE-2024-39546

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Socket Intercept (SI) command file interface of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an authenticated, low-privilege local attacker to modify certain…

High

CVE-2024-5681

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists that could cause local denial-of-service, privilege escalation, and potentially kernel execution when a malicious actor with local user access c…

Critical

CVE-2024-6624

The JSON API User plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.3. This is due to improper controls on custom user meta fields. This makes it po…

2024-07-10
High

CVE-2024-6286

Local Privilege escalation allows a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM privileges in Citrix Workspace app for Windows

High

CVE-2024-6151

Local Privilege escalation allows a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM privileges in Virtual Delivery Agent for Windows used by Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS

High

CVE-2024-28827

Incorrect permissions on the Checkmk Windows Agent's data directory in Checkmk < 2.3.0p8, < 2.2.0p29, < 2.1.0p45, and <= 2.0.0p39 (EOL) allows a local attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges.

High

CVE-2024-6411

The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.9. This is due to a lack of validation on…

High

CVE-2024-21417

Windows Text Services Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

2024-07-09
High

CVE-2024-39684

Tencent RapidJSON is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to an integer overflow in the `GenericReader::ParseNumber()` function of `include/rapidjson/reader.h` when parsing JSON text from a stream.…

High

CVE-2024-38517

Tencent RapidJSON is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to an integer underflow in the `GenericReader::ParseNumber()` function of `include/rapidjson/reader.h` when parsing JSON text from a stream…

High

CVE-2024-38100

Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38092

Azure CycleCloud Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Critical

CVE-2024-38089

Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38085

Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38081

.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38080

Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38079

Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38066

Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38062

Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38061

DCOM Remote Cross-Session Activation Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38059

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38057

Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38054

Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38052

Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38050

Windows Workstation Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38047

PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38043

PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38034

Windows Filtering Platform Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38033

PowerShell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-38022

Windows Image Acquisition Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Medium

CVE-2024-38013

Microsoft Windows Server Backup Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-35261

Azure Network Watcher VM Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-30079

Windows Remote Access Connection Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High

CVE-2024-37952

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in themeenergy BookYourTravel allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects BookYourTravel: from n/a through 8.18.17.

High

CVE-2024-37484

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Dylan James Zephyr Project Manager allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Zephyr Project Manager: from n/a through 3.3.97.

High

CVE-2024-37455

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Ultimate Addons for Elementor allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Ultimate Addons for Elementor: from n/a through 1.36.31.

High

CVE-2023-3288

A BOLA vulnerability in POST /providers allows a low privileged user to create a privileged user (provider) in the system. This results in privilege escalation.

Critical

CVE-2023-3287

A BOLA vulnerability in POST /admins allows a low privileged user to create a high privileged user (admin) in the system. This results in privilege escalation.

High

CVE-2024-4944

A local privilege escalation vlnerability in the WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client on Windows enables a local user to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileged.

2024-07-02
Medium

CVE-2024-37132

Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.2.x through 9.8.0.0 contain an incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerabili…

Medium

CVE-2024-32854

Dell PowerScale OneFS versions 8.2.2.x through 9.8.0.0 contain an improper privilege management vulnerability. A local high privilege attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to…

2024-06-28
Low

CVE-2024-39302

BigBlueButton is an open-source virtual classroom designed to help teachers teach and learners learn. An attacker may be able to exploit the overly elevated file permissions in the `/usr/local/bigblu…

High

CVE-2024-39708

An issue was discovered in the Agent in Delinea Privilege Manager (formerly Thycotic Privilege Manager) before 12.0.1096 on Windows. Sometimes, a non-administrator user can copy a crafted DLL file to…

2024-06-27
High

CVE-2024-4395

The XPC service within the audit functionality of Jamf Compliance Editor before version 1.3.1 on macOS can lead to local privilege escalation.

Medium

CVE-2024-5714

In lunary-ai/lunary version 1.2.4, an improper access control vulnerability allows members with team management permissions to manipulate project identifiers in requests, enabling them to invite user…

High

CVE-2024-4578

This Advisory describes an issue that impacts Arista Wireless Access Points. Any entity with the ability to authenticate via SSH to an affected AP as the “config” user is able to cause a privilege es…

2024-06-25
Critical

CVE-2024-6303

Missing authorization in Client-Server API in Conduit <=0.7.0, allowing for any alias to be removed and added to another room, which can be used for privilege escalation by moving the #admins alias t…

2024-06-24
High

CVE-2024-37107

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Membership Software WishList Member X allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WishList Member X: from n/a before 3.26.7.

2024-06-22
Medium

CVE-2024-5596

The ARMember Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 6.7. This is due to incorrectly implemented nonce validation function on multip…

2024-06-21
High

CVE-2024-31890

IBM i 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 product IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A malicious actor with command line access to the host operating system ca…

High

CVE-2024-2003

Local privilege escalation vulnerability allowed an attacker to misuse ESET's file operations during a restore operation from quarantine.

2024-06-20
Medium

CVE-2024-6154

Parallels Desktop Toolgate Heap-based Buffer Overflow Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels…

High

CVE-2024-6147

Poly Plantronics Hub Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Poly Plantronics Hub. An at…

High

CVE-2022-45929

Northern.tech Mender 3.3.x before 3.3.2, 3.5.x before 3.5.0, and 3.6.x before 3.6.0 has Incorrect Access Control and allows users to change their roles and could allow privilege escalation from a low…

2024-06-18
High

CVE-2024-37081

The vCenter Server contains multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities due to misconfiguration of sudo. An authenticated local user with non-administrative privileges may exploit these issue…

2024-06-15
High

CVE-2024-27275

IBM i 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability caused by an insufficient authority requirement. A local user without administrator privilege can configure a physical…

2024-06-14
High

CVE-2024-37369

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the affected product. The vulnerability allows low-privilege users to edit scripts, bypassing Access Control Lists, and potentially gaining further acce…

Medium

CVE-2024-34012

Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cloud Manager (Windows) before build 6.2.24135.272.

High

CVE-2024-36500

Privilege escalation vulnerability in the AMS module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

High

CVE-2024-27165

Toshiba printers contain a suidperl binary and it has a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. A local attacker can get root privileges. As for the affected products/models/versions, see the refer…

High

CVE-2024-27155

The Toshiba printers are vulnerable to a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability. An attacker can remotely compromise any Toshiba printer. The programs can be replaced by malicious programs by any l…