xwikisas macro-pdfviewer up to 2.5.5 Delegate my view right inclusion of sensitive information in source code comments

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A vulnerability was found in xwikisas macro-pdfviewer up to 2.5.5 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Delegate my view right. The manipulation results in inclusion of sensitive information in source code comments. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-52298. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in xwikisas macro-pdfviewer up to 2.5.5. Affected is an unknown code of the component Delegate my view right. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inclusion of sensitive information in source code comments vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-615. While adding general comments is very useful, some programmers tend to leave important data, such as: filenames related to the web application, old links or links which were not meant to be browsed by users, old code fragments, etc. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

macro-pdfviewer is a PDF Viewer Macro for XWiki using Mozilla pdf.js. The PDF Viewer macro allows an attacker to view any attachment using the "Delegate my view right" feature as long as the attacker can view a page whose last author has access to the attachment. For this, the attacker only needs to provide the reference to a PDF file to the macro. To obtain the reference of the desired attachment, the attacker can access the Page Index, Attachments tab. Even if the UI shows N/A, the user can inspect the page and check the HTTP request that fetches the live data entries. The attachment URL is available in the returned JSON for all attachments, including protected ones and allows getting the necessary values. This vulnerability is fixed in version 2.5.6.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-52298 since 11/06/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.5.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• xwikisas

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• macro-pdfviewer

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• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.5.4
• 2.5.5

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• Product: https://github.com/xwikisas/macro-pdfviewer/

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