CWE-424 Improper Protection of Alternate Path

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The product does not sufficiently protect all possible paths that a user can take to access restricted functionality or resources.

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parent weaknesses

Broader classes this is a kind of.

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child weaknesses

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vulnerabilities (47)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2024-58136UScritical9.8OT criticalKEV
Yii 2 before 2.0.52 mishandles the attaching of behavior that is defined by an __class array key, a CVE-2024-4990 regression, as exploited in the wild in February through April 202…
CVE-2025-48827UScritical9.8Exploit
vBulletin 5.0.0 through 5.7.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.3 allows unauthenticated users to invoke protected API controllers' methods when running on PHP 8.1 or later, as demonstrated by…
CVE-2025-48828UShigh8.1Exploit
Certain vBulletin versions might allow attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by abusing Template Conditionals in the template engine. By crafting template code in an alternative…
CVE-2026-66756UScritical9.8—
Improper Protection of Alternate Path vulnerability in Apache Tika. This issue affects Apache Tika: from 4.0.0-alpha-1 before 4.0.0-beta-1. Users are recommended to upgrade to ve…
CVE-2023-20272UShigh8.8—
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to upload malicious files to the web root of t…
CVE-2023-5165UShigh8.8OT elevated—
Docker Desktop before 4.23.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) restrictions via the debug shell which remains accessible for a short time win…
CVE-2026-0237UShigh7.8—
An improper protection of alternate path vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Prisma® Browser on macOS fails to properly restrict access to an internal automation bridge. This allow…
CVE-2024-3459UShigh7.8—
KioWare for Windows (versions all through 8.34) allows to escape the environment by downloading PDF files, which then by default are opened in an external PDF viewer. By using buil…
CVE-2023-46176UShigh7.8—
IBM MQ Appliance 9.3 CD could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper validation of security keys. IBM X-Force ID: 269535.
CVE-2019-18997UShigh7.5—
The HMISimulator component of ABB PB610 Panel Builder 600 uses the readFile/writeFile interface to manipulate the work file. Path configuration in PB610 HMISimulator versions 2.8.0…
CVE-2019-18996UShigh7.8—
Path settings in HMIStudio component of ABB PB610 Panel Builder 600 versions 2.8.0.424 and earlier accept DLLs outside of the program directory, potentially allowing an attacker wi…
CVE-2026-110865UShigh7.1—
Renovate before 44.60.1 contains an allowlist bypass vulnerability that allows repository users to evade the allowedHeaders restriction by placing hostRules headers inside shared p…
CVE-2024-3460UShigh7.0—
In KioWare for Windows (versions all through 8.34) it is possible to exit this software and use other already opened applications utilizing a short time window before the forced au…
CVE-2023-0629UShigh7.1—
Docker Desktop before 4.17.0 allows an unprivileged user to bypass Enhanced Container Isolation (ECI) restrictions by setting the Docker host to docker.raw.sock, or npipe:////.pipe…
CVE-2025-6250USmedium6.7—
Prior to 25.4.270.0, when wmic.exe is elevated with a full admin token the user can stop the Defendpoint service, bypassing anti-tamper protections. Once the service is disabled, t…
CVE-2022-1742USmedium6.8—
The tested version of Dominion Voting Systems ImageCast X allows for rebooting into Android Safe Mode, which allows an attacker to directly access the operating system. An attacker…
CVE-2026-114659USmedium6.5—
Grav Flex Objects plugin 1.4.0 before 1.4.17 contains an authorization bypass because its generic /api/v1/flex-objects/pages API routes check only directory-level admin.pages permi…
CVE-2024-8311USmedium6.5—
An issue was discovered with pipeline execution policies in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.2 prior to 17.2.5, 17.3 prior to 17.3.2 which allows authenticated users to byp…
CVE-2026-69979USmedium5.5—
Improper protection of alternate path in Windows AppX Deployment Service allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
CVE-2025-68939USmedium5.3—
Gitea before 1.23.0 allows attackers to add attachments with forbidden file extensions by editing an attachment name via an attachment API.
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attack patterns (2)

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