Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui package, versions [13.2-rc-1,14.10.21) [15.0-rc-1,15.5.5) [15.6-rc-1,15.10.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-8055843
  • published 19 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 18 Sep 2024
  • credit floerer

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui to version 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs due to insufficient validation of user permissions when editing notification filter preferences. An attacker can manipulate notification settings and potentially disable or delete notification filters by exploiting the lack of proper authorization checks.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.1 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None