XWiki: Privilege Escalation via Unprotected Rollback (15.5.3, 15.8rc-1)
CVE-2024-21648 Published on January 9, 2024
XWiki has no right protection on rollback action
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The rollback action is missing a right protection, a user can rollback to a previous version of the page to gain rights they don't have anymore. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10.17, 15.5.3 and 15.8-rc-1 by ensuring that the rights are checked before performing the rollback.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-21648 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-21648
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Affected Versions
xwiki-platform:- Version >= 1.0, < 14.10.17 is affected.
- Version >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.3 is affected.
- Version >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.8-rc-1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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