6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2022-41933
XWiki Platform Plain Text Password Storage Vulnerability
Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. When the `reset a forgotten password` feature of XWiki was used, the password was then stored in plain text in database. This only concerns XWiki 13.1RC1 and newer versions. Note that it only concerns the reset password feature available from the "Forgot your password" link in the login view: the features allowing a user to change their password, or for an admin to change a user password are not impacted. This vulnerability is particularly dangerous in combination with other vulnerabilities allowing to perform data leak of personal data from users, such as GHSA-599v-w48h-rjrm. Note that this vulnerability only concerns the users of the main wiki: in case of farms, the users registered on subwiki are not impacted thanks to a bug we discovered when investigating this. The problem has been patched in version 14.6RC1, 14.4.3 and 13.10.8. The patch involves a migration of the impacted users as well as the history of the page, to ensure no password remains in plain text in the database. This migration also involves to inform the users about the possible disclosure of their passwords: by default, two emails are automatically sent to the impacted users. A first email to inform about the possibility that their password have been leaked, and a second email using the reset password feature to ask them to set a new password. It's also possible for administrators to set some properties for the migration: it's possible to decide if the user password should be reset (default) or if the passwords should be kept but only hashed. Note that in the first option, the users won't be able to login anymore until they set a new password if they were impacted. Note that in both options, mails will be sent to users to inform them and encourage them to change their passwords.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 23, 2022, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 10, 2023, 6:03 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-41933 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Xwiki xwiki
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-41933.

URL Resource
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/443e8398b75a1295067d74afb5898370782d863a#diff-f8a8f8ba80dfc55f044e2e60b521ce379176430ca6921b0f87b79cf682531f79L322 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-599v-w48h-rjrm Not Applicable
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q2hm-2h45-v5g3 Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19869 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19945 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-41933 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 10, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE NIST CWE-522
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/443e8398b75a1295067d74afb5898370782d863a#diff-f8a8f8ba80dfc55f044e2e60b521ce379176430ca6921b0f87b79cf682531f79L322 No Types Assigned https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/443e8398b75a1295067d74afb5898370782d863a#diff-f8a8f8ba80dfc55f044e2e60b521ce379176430ca6921b0f87b79cf682531f79L322 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-599v-w48h-rjrm No Types Assigned https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-599v-w48h-rjrm Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q2hm-2h45-v5g3 No Types Assigned https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q2hm-2h45-v5g3 Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19869 No Types Assigned https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19869 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19945 No Types Assigned https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19945 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:13.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 13.1 up to (excluding) 13.10.8 *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 14.0.0 up to (excluding) 14.4.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.15 }} -0.00%

score

0.51859

percentile

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