Missing Authorization Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki package, versions [4.3-milestone-2,14.10.20)[15.0-rc-1,15.5.4)[15.6-rc-1,15.10-rc-1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-6595938
  • published11 Apr 2024
  • disclosed10 Apr 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-31983  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki to version 14.10.20, 15.5.4, 15.10-rc-1 or higher.

Overview

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization due to improper validation of user-supplied input in the translation editing feature. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious payloads into translations that are not properly escaped when displayed. This is only exploitable if the attacker has edit rights on documents containing translations.

CVSS Scores

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