xwiki-platform up to 14.10.20/15.5.4/15.10.1 authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as very critical has been detected in xwiki-platform up to 14.10.20/15.5.4/15.10.1. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-37901. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in xwiki-platform up to 14.10.20/15.5.4/15.10.1. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with edit right on any page can perform arbitrary remote code execution by adding instances of `XWiki.SearchSuggestConfig` and `XWiki.SearchSuggestSourceClass` to their user profile or any other page. This compromises the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5 and 15.10.2.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-37901 since 06/10/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/07/2024).

Upgrading to version 14.10.21, 15.5.5 or 15.10.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 0b135760514fef73db748986a3311f3edd4a553b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• xwiki-platform

Version

• 14.10.0
• 14.10.1
• 14.10.2
• 14.10.3
• 14.10.4
• 14.10.5
• 14.10.6
• 14.10.7
• 14.10.8
• 14.10.9
• 14.10.10
• 14.10.11
• 14.10.12
• 14.10.13
• 14.10.14
• 14.10.15
• 14.10.16
• 14.10.17
• 14.10.18
• 14.10.19
• 14.10.20
• 15.5.0
• 15.5.1
• 15.5.2
• 15.5.3
• 15.5.4
• 15.10.0
• 15.10.1

License

• open-source

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