Weakness · Medium
CWE-286: Incorrect User Management
What it is
The product does not properly manage a user within its environment.
- Severity (our rating)
- Medium
- Likelihood of exploit
- Not rated by MITRE
- Introduced during
- Architecture and Design, Implementation, Operation
- Exploited in the wild
- No CVE in CISA's catalog
In more detail
Users can be assigned to the wrong group (class) of permissions resulting in unintended access rights to sensitive objects.
What an attacker can do
- Varies by Context (Other)
How to prevent it
MITRE lists no specific mitigation for this weakness. Treat it like its parent weaknesses below: validate input, keep the design simple and review the code where it could appear.
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