Incorrect Authorization Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore package, versions [,14.10.6) [15.0-rc-1,15.2-rc-1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-6050280
  • published 8 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 7 Nov 2023
  • credit Michael Hamann

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to version 14.10.6, 15.2-rc-1 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 Incorrect Authorization in the EditAction.java file. An attacker can execute any content with the right of an existing document's content author, provided the user has edit right on it.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

8.8 high