What is CVE-2024-46979?

CVE-2024-46979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-46979?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Xwiki

CVE-2024-46979

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to get access to notification filters of any user by using a URL such as `<hostname>xwiki/bin/get/XWiki/Notifications/Code/NotificationFilterPreferenceLivetableResults?outputSyntax=plain&type=custom&user=<username>`. This vulnerability impacts all versions of XWiki since 13.2-rc-1. The filters do not provide much information (they mainly contain references which are public data in XWiki), though some info could be used in combination with other vulnerabilities. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.1, 16.0RC1. The patch consists in checking the rights of the user when sending the data. Users are advised to upgrade. It's possible to workaround the vulnerability by applying manually the patch: it's possible for an administrator to edit directly the document `XWiki.Notifications.Code.NotificationFilterPreferenceLivetableResults` to apply the same changes as in the patch. See commit c8c6545f9bde6f5aade994aa5b5903a67b5c2582.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2024-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

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

github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-pg4m-3gp6-hw4w (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/c8c6545f9bde6f5aade994aa5b5903a67b5c2582 (Patch)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20336 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46979?: CVE-2024-46979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-46979?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.