CWE-266 877 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Overview

CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

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

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2026-10876 2026-06-05 A weakness has been identified in SourceCodester Ship Ferry Ticket Reservation System 1.0. This affects an unknown function of the file /admin/. This manipulation of the argument page causes improper …
CVE-2025-15656 2026-06-03 Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Mojoomla School Management allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects School Management: from n/a through 93.2.0.
CVE-2026-10693 2026-06-03 A security vulnerability has been detected in SourceCodester Online Boat Reservation System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Administrative Endpoint. Th…
CVE-2025-53209 2026-06-02 Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Themeisle Masteriyo LMS PRO allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Masteriyo LMS PRO: from n/a through 2.20.0.
CVE-2026-10294 2026-06-01 A vulnerability has been found in PackageKit up to 1.3.5. Affected is the function g_file_test of the file src/pk-transaction.c of the component API. Such manipulation of the argument frontend-socket …
CVE-2026-10285 2026-06-01 A vulnerability has been found in DevaslanPHP project-management up to 2.0.0-beta1. Affected by this issue is the function KanbanScrumHelper::recordUpdated of the file app/Helpers/KanbanScrumHelper.ph…
CVE-2026-10284 2026-06-01 A flaw has been found in DevaslanPHP project-management up to 2.0.0-beta1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function editComment/doDeleteComment of the file app/Filament/Resources/TicketResource/…
CVE-2026-10282 2026-06-01 A security vulnerability has been detected in Bottelet DaybydayCRM up to 2.2.1. This impacts the function view of the file app/Http/Controllers/DocumentsController.php. Such manipulation leads to impr…
CVE-2026-10277 2026-06-01 A vulnerability was found in j3k0 mcp-google-workspace up to 831790e7d5c2663325733d9f5579cc339a267c4c. This issue affects the function saveToDisk of the file src/tools/gmail.ts of the component MCP Gm…
CVE-2026-10272 2026-06-01 A vulnerability has been found in a4m4 Student-Management-System up to f0c5f6842c5e8c431ff02b5260a565ca844df3a0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file admin/deleteform.php. Such mani…
CVE-2026-10269 2026-06-01 A security vulnerability has been detected in decolua 9router up to 0.4.0. This issue affects the function isAuthenticated of the file src/dashboardGuard.js of the component HTTP Header Handler. The m…
CVE-2026-48879 2026-06-01 Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Sergey AIWU allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects AIWU: from n/a through 1.4.17.
CVE-2026-42680 2026-06-01 Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer Contest Gallery Pro allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Contest Gallery Pro: from n/a through 2…
CVE-2026-10255 2026-06-01 A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Pharmacy Sales and Inventory System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function sell_statement of the file application/controllers/ShowForm.php…
CVE-2026-10236 2026-06-01 A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Water Billing Management System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /classes/Users.php?f=save of the component User Management …
CVE-2026-10218 2026-06-01 A vulnerability has been found in nextlevelbuilder GoClaw up to 3.11.3. This affects the function auth of the file internal/http/evolution_handlers.go. Such manipulation leads to improper authorizatio…
CVE-2026-10217 2026-06-01 A flaw has been found in nextlevelbuilder GoClaw up to 3.11.3. The impacted element is the function handleSave of the file internal/http/tts_config.go of the component RoleAdmin Gateway. This manipula…
CVE-2026-10215 2026-06-01 A security vulnerability has been detected in Dolibarr ERP CRM up to 23.0.1. Impacted is the function checkUserAccessToObject of the file htdocs/holiday/class/api_holidays.class.php of the component L…
CVE-2026-10152 2026-05-30 A vulnerability was detected in TaleLin lin-cms-spring-boot up to 0.2.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file src/main/java/io/github/talelin/latticy/controller/v1/BookController.jav…
CVE-2026-10070 2026-05-29 A vulnerability was found in macrozheng mall up to 1.0.3. This affects an unknown function of the file /admin/update/ of the component Super Admin Password Handler. Performing a manipulation results i…

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-07-01 Eric Dalci 1.0 updated Time_of_Introduction
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Description, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Weakness_Ordinalities
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Relationships
2009-12-28 CWE Content Team 1.7 updated Potential_Mitigations
2010-06-21 CWE Content Team 1.9 updated Potential_Mitigations
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations, References
2014-02-18 CWE Content Team 2.6 updated Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Causal_Nature, Modes_of_Introduction, References, Relationships
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2021-03-15 CWE Content Team 4.4 updated Demonstrative_Examples
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team 4.6 updated Relationships
2022-10-13 CWE Content Team 4.9 updated References
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated References, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Relationships
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