7.7
HIGH
CVE-2023-49280
"XWiki Change Request Plaintext Password Hash Exposure"
Description

XWiki Change Request is an XWiki application allowing to request changes on a wiki without publishing directly the changes. Change request allows to edit any page by default, and the changes are then exported in an XML file that anyone can download. So it's possible for an attacker to obtain password hash of users by performing an edit on the user profiles and then downloading the XML file that has been created. This is also true for any document that might contain password field and that a user can view. This vulnerability impacts all version of Change Request, but the impact depends on the rights that has been set on the wiki since it requires for the user to have the Change request right (allowed by default) and view rights on the page to target. This issue cannot be easily exploited in an automated way. The patch consists in denying to users the right of editing pages that contains a password field with change request. It means that already existing change request for those pages won't be removed by the patch, administrators needs to take care of it. The patch is provided in Change Request 1.10, administrators should upgrade immediately. It's possible to workaround the vulnerability by denying manually the Change request right on some spaces, such as XWiki space which will include any user profile by default.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 4, 2023, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 8, 2023, 3:54 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-49280 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 change_request
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest/commit/ff0f5368ea04f0e4aa7b33821c707dc68a8c5ca8 Patch
https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest/security/advisories/GHSA-2fr7-cc7p-p45q Third Party Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/CRAPP-302 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-49280 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest/commit/ff0f5368ea04f0e4aa7b33821c707dc68a8c5ca8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest/commit/ff0f5368ea04f0e4aa7b33821c707dc68a8c5ca8 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest/security/advisories/GHSA-2fr7-cc7p-p45q No Types Assigned https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest/security/advisories/GHSA-2fr7-cc7p-p45q Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/CRAPP-302 No Types Assigned https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/CRAPP-302 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:change_request:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.1 up to (excluding) 1.10
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description XWiki Change Request is an XWiki application allowing to request changes on a wiki without publishing directly the changes. Change request allows to edit any page by default, and the changes are then exported in an XML file that anyone can download. So it's possible for an attacker to obtain password hash of users by performing an edit on the user profiles and then downloading the XML file that has been created. This is also true for any document that might contain password field and that a user can view. This vulnerability impacts all version of Change Request, but the impact depends on the rights that has been set on the wiki since it requires for the user to have the Change request right (allowed by default) and view rights on the page to target. This issue cannot be easily exploited in an automated way. The patch consists in denying to users the right of editing pages that contains a password field with change request. It means that already existing change request for those pages won't be removed by the patch, administrators needs to take care of it. The patch is provided in Change Request 1.10, administrators should upgrade immediately. It's possible to workaround the vulnerability by denying manually the Change request right on some spaces, such as XWiki space which will include any user profile by default.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest/security/advisories/GHSA-2fr7-cc7p-p45q [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest/commit/ff0f5368ea04f0e4aa7b33821c707dc68a8c5ca8 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/CRAPP-302 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-522
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Exploit Prediction

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

0.08 }} 0.01%

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0.33771

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