CVE-2025-32972
XWiki LESS Compiler Script Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 6.1-milestone-1 to before 15.10.12, from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.4.3, and from 16.5.0-rc-1 to before 16.8.0-rc-1, the script API of the LESS compiler in XWiki is incorrectly checking for rights when calling the cache cleaning API, making it possible to clean the cache without having programming right. The only impact of this is a slowdown in XWiki execution as the caches are re-filled. As this vulnerability requires script right to exploit, and script right already allows unlimited execution of scripts, the additional impact due to this vulnerability is low. This issue has been patched in versions 15.10.12, 16.4.3, and 16.8.0-rc-1.
INFO
Published Date :
April 30, 2025, 3:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 30, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
1.2
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Apr. 30, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22462 -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Apr. 30, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 6.1-milestone-1 to before 15.10.12, from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.4.3, and from 16.5.0-rc-1 to before 16.8.0-rc-1, the script API of the LESS compiler in XWiki is incorrectly checking for rights when calling the cache cleaning API, making it possible to clean the cache without having programming right. The only impact of this is a slowdown in XWiki execution as the caches are re-filled. As this vulnerability requires script right to exploit, and script right already allows unlimited execution of scripts, the additional impact due to this vulnerability is low. This issue has been patched in versions 15.10.12, 16.4.3, and 16.8.0-rc-1. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Added CWE CWE-285 Added Reference https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/91752122d8782f171f8728004a57bdaefc34253e Added Reference https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-rp38-24m3-rx87 Added Reference https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22462
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