CVE-2022-36090 org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Improper Authorization check for inactive users

2022-09-0814:45:13

CWE-285

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

cve-2022-36090

xwiki platform

inactive users

rest service

security vulnerability

authorization control

patch

upgrade

8.1 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

44.4%

JSON

XWiki Platform Old Core is a core package for XWiki Platform, a generic wiki platform. Prior to versions 13.1.0.5 and 14.3-rc-1, some resources are missing a check for inactive (not yet activated or disabled) users in XWiki, including the REST service. This means a disabled user can enable themselves using a REST call. On the same way some resources handler created by extensions are not protected by default, so an inactive user could perform actions for such extensions. This issue has existed since at least version 1.1 of XWiki for instance configured with the email activation required for new users. Now it’s more critical for versions 11.3-rc-1 and later since the maintainers provided the capability to disable user without deleting them and encouraged using that feature. XWiki 14.3-rc-1 and XWiki 13.10.5 contain a patch. There is no workaround for this other than upgrading XWiki.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "xwiki-platform",
    "vendor": "xwiki",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 1.1, < 13.10.5"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": ">= 14.0, < 14.3-RC-1"
      }
    ]
  }
]