xwiki-platform up to 15.9 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in xwiki-platform up to 15.9. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-43401. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in xwiki-platform up to 15.9 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. 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. A user without script/programming right can trick a user with elevated rights to edit a content with a malicious payload using a WYSIWYG editor. The user with elevated rights is not warned beforehand that they are going to edit possibly dangerous content. The payload is executed at edit time. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10RC1.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-43401 since 08/12/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 15.10-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.0
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CNA Base Score: 9.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: xwiki-platform 15.10-rc1

Timelineinfo

08/12/2024 🔍
08/19/2024 +7 days 🔍
08/19/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/14/2025 +207 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-43401 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-43401
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-275153

Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2024 19:56
Updated: 03/14/2025 02:11
Changes: 08/19/2024 19:56 (64), 08/21/2024 03:20 (12), 03/14/2025 02:11 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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