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Improper Access Control

CVE-2020-14388

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

A flaw was found in the Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform, where member permissions for an API's admin portal were not properly enforced. This flaw allows an authenticated user to bypass normal account restrictions and access API services where they do not have permission.

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CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

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