Credential Exposure Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-default package, versions [14.0.0, 14.4.3)[13.1RC1, 13.10.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-3136667
  • published22 Nov 2022
  • disclosed21 Nov 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-41933  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-256  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-default to version 14.4.3, 13.10.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Credential Exposure. When the reset a forgotten password feature of XWiki was used, the password was then stored in plain text in database.

References

CVSS Scores

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