CVE-2024-46978

Missing checks for notification filter preferences editions in XWiki Platform

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

GitHubv3.1 6.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-09-16 CVE Reserved
2024-09-18 CVE Published
2024-09-18 CVE Updated
2024-09-19 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-648: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/e8acc9d8e6af7dfbfe70716ded431642ae4a6dd4	X_refsource_misc
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-r95w-889q-x2gx	X_refsource_confirm
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20337	X_refsource_misc

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xwiki Search vendor "Xwiki"		Xwiki-platform Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki-platform"				>= 13.2.0 < 14.10.21 Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki-platform" and version " >= 13.2.0 < 14.10.21"		en		Affected
Xwiki Search vendor "Xwiki"		Xwiki-platform Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki-platform"				>= 15.0.0 < 15.5.5 Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki-platform" and version " >= 15.0.0 < 15.5.5"		en		Affected
Xwiki Search vendor "Xwiki"		Xwiki-platform Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki-platform"				>= 15.6.0 < 15.10.1 Search vendor "Xwiki" for product "Xwiki-platform" and version " >= 15.6.0 < 15.10.1"		en		Affected