Resource exhaustion in Xwiki
CVE-2024-21651
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xwiki
- Xwiki Xwiki-Platform — versions >= 14.10, < 14.10.18, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.3, >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.8-rc-1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-21651?
- CVE-2024-21651 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-01-09.
- How severe is CVE-2024-21651?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-21651 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.