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CVE-2024-46978
September 18, 2024
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.
Affected Packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=15.0-rc-1 <15.5.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 15.5.5
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=13.2-rc-1 <14.10.21
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 14.10.21
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=15.6-rc-1 <15.10.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 15.10.1
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
EPSS
Base Score:
0.88