CVE-2024-46978
Sept. 20, 2024, 12:30 p.m.
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CVSS Score
Product(s) Impacted
XWiki Platform
- 13.2-rc-1
- 14.10.21
- 15.5.5
- 15.10.1
- 16.0-rc-1
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.
Weaknesses
CWE-648
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
The product does not conform to the API requirements for a function call that requires extra privileges. This could allow attackers to gain privileges by causing the function to be called incorrectly.
CWE ID: 648Date
Published: Sept. 18, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 20, 2024, 12:30 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
security-advisories@github.com
CVSS Data
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Base Score
Exploitability Score
Impact Score
Base Severity
MEDIUMCVSS Vector String
The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.
View Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N