requarks wiki 2.5.303 control flow

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in requarks wiki 2.5.303. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to control flow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-45298. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in requarks wiki 2.5.303. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a control flow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-670. The code contains a control flow path that does not reflect the algorithm that the path is intended to implement, leading to incorrect behavior any time this path is navigated. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Wiki.js is an open source wiki app built on Node.js. A disabled user can still gain access to a wiki by abusing the password reset function. While setting up SMTP e-mail's on my server, I tested said e-mails by performing a password reset with my test user. To my shock, not only did it let me reset my password, but after resetting my password I can get into the wiki I was locked out of. The ramifications of this bug is a user can **bypass an account disabling by requesting their password be reset**. All users of wiki.js version `2.5.303` who use any account restrictions and have disabled user are affected. This issue has been addressed in version 2.5.304 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-45298 since 08/26/2024. 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.

Upgrading to version 2.5.303 or 2.5.304 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b9fb17d4d4a0956ec35e8c73cc85192552fb8d16 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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• Content Management System

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• requarks

Name

• wiki

Version

• 2.5.303

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/requarks/wiki/

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