6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-46978
XWiki Platform Notification Filter Preference Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible for any user knowing the ID of a notification filter preference of another user, to enable/disable it or even delete it. The impact is that the target user might start loosing notifications on some pages because of this. This vulnerability is present in XWiki since 13.2-rc-1. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.1, 16.0-rc-1. The patch consists in checking properly the rights of the user before performing any action on the filters. Users are advised to upgrade. It's possible to fix manually the vulnerability by editing the document `XWiki.Notifications.Code.NotificationPreferenceService` to apply the changes performed in commit e8acc9d8e6af7dfbfe70716ded431642ae4a6dd4.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 18, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 18, 2024, 6:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-46978 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

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URL Resource
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/e8acc9d8e6af7dfbfe70716ded431642ae4a6dd4
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-r95w-889q-x2gx
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20337

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  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible for any user knowing the ID of a notification filter preference of another user, to enable/disable it or even delete it. The impact is that the target user might start loosing notifications on some pages because of this. This vulnerability is present in XWiki since 13.2-rc-1. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.1, 16.0-rc-1. The patch consists in checking properly the rights of the user before performing any action on the filters. Users are advised to upgrade. It's possible to fix manually the vulnerability by editing the document `XWiki.Notifications.Code.NotificationPreferenceService` to apply the changes performed in commit e8acc9d8e6af7dfbfe70716ded431642ae4a6dd4.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-r95w-889q-x2gx [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/e8acc9d8e6af7dfbfe70716ded431642ae4a6dd4 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20337 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-648
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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