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XWiki 8.0-rc-1 < 14.10.1 Improper Access Control Vulnerability (GHSA-fp36-mjw5-fmgx)

🗓️ 18 Aug 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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Xwiki 8.0-rc-1 < 14.10.1 Improper Access Control Vulnerabilit

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:xwiki:xwiki";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124406");
  script_version("2025-11-19T05:40:23+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-19 05:40:23 +0000 (Wed, 19 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-08-18 08:15:22 +0000 (Fri, 18 Aug 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-04-28 19:23:00 +0000 (Fri, 28 Apr 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-29513");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("XWiki 8.0-rc-1 < 14.10.1 Improper Access Control Vulnerability (GHSA-fp36-mjw5-fmgx)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_xwiki_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("xwiki/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Xwiki is prone to an improper access control vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"If a guest has view rights on any document, it's possible to
  create a new user using the distribution/firstadminuser.wiki in the wrong context.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki version 8.0-rc-1 prior to 14.10.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 14.10.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fp36-mjw5-fmgx");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if ( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"8.0-rc-1", test_version_up:"14.10.1" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.10.1", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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19 Nov 2025 00:00Current
5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5
CVSS 3.14.3 - 5
EPSS0.00672
SSVC
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