Vulnerability in Xwiki
CVE-2024-46978
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.
EPSS: 0.005 (41.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Xwiki
- Xwiki Xwiki-platform — versions >= 13.2-rc-1, < 14.10.21, >= 15.0.0, < 15.5.5, >= 15.6.0, < 15.10.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-46978?
- CVE-2024-46978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under CWE-648. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-09-18.
- How severe is CVE-2024-46978?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.