Missing Authorization Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore package, versions [14.0.0, 14.4.2) [11.7RC1, 13.10.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-3136524
  • published 22 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 21 Nov 2022
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to version 14.4.2, 13.10.7 or higher.

Overview

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization via the User#setDisabledStatus method. It's possible for a user with only Script rights to enable or disable a user: this operation should be only doable for users with admin rights.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
4.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

4.9 medium