CWE-272: CWE-272

13
Total CVEs
0
Critical
11
High
7.2
Avg CVSS

Yearly Trend

2026
3
2025
5
2024
4
2023
1

Top Affected Vendors

1 Dell 2
2 Checkmk 2
3 Broadcom 1
4 Jetbrains 1
5 Dormakabagroup 1
6 Defenseunicorns 1

All CWE-272 CVEs (13)

CVE-2025-59106
8.8

This CVE describes a privilege escalation vulnerability where the web server binary runs with root privileges, violating the principle of least privil...

Jan 26, 2026
CVE-2025-7722
8.8

The Social Streams WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to escalate their privileges to Administrato...

Jul 23, 2025
CVE-2024-35204
8.4

Veritas System Recovery versions before 23.3_Hotfix have insecure folder permissions that allow low-privileged users to modify or access sensitive fil...

May 14, 2024
CVE-2025-47809
8.2

This vulnerability allows local privilege escalation in Wibu CodeMeter installations. An attacker with local unprivileged access can gain SYSTEM/admin...

May 16, 2025
CVE-2024-0638
8.2

This CVE describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Checkmk agent plugins mk_oracle, mk_oracle.ps1, and mk_oracle_crs. Local users can ex...

Mar 22, 2024
CVE-2025-9711
7.8

This vulnerability allows local authenticated users on Brocade Fabric OS systems to escalate their privileges to root level using specific commands. I...

Feb 3, 2026
CVE-2024-28829
7.8

This vulnerability in the mk_informix Checkmk agent plugin allows local users to escalate privileges due to least privilege violations and reliance on...

Aug 20, 2024
CVE-2025-49144
7.3

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Notepad++ installer versions 8.8.1 and earlier allows unprivileged users to gain SYSTEM-level privileges throu...

Jun 23, 2025
CVE-2023-32451
7.3

Dell Display Manager version 2.1.1.17 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where low-privileged users can execute arbitrary code during insta...

Feb 6, 2024
CVE-2023-28047
7.3

Dell Display Manager versions 2.1.0 and earlier contain a privilege escalation vulnerability during installation. A local attacker with low privileges...

Apr 20, 2023
CVE-2025-1384
7.0

A least privilege violation vulnerability in Omron NJ/NX-series Machine Automation Controllers allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions...

Jul 14, 2025
CVE-2025-68267
6.5

JetBrains TeamCity versions before 2025.11.1 stored GitHub personal access tokens instead of installation tokens, granting excessive privileges. This ...

Dec 16, 2025
CVE-2026-23634
0.0

Pepr, a type-safe Kubernetes middleware, defaults to cluster-admin RBAC configuration in versions before 1.0.5, granting excessive permissions that vi...

Jan 16, 2026

About CWE-272 (CWE-272)

Our database tracks 13 CVEs classified as CWE-272, with 0 rated critical and 11 rated high severity. The average CVSS score for CWE-272 vulnerabilities is 7.2.

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