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

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Threat Intelligence

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

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-8055843
  • published19 Sept 2024
  • disclosed18 Sept 2024
  • creditfloerer

Introduced: 18 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-46978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-648  (opens in a new tab)

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