XWiki 3.0.1 < 14.10.19, 15.0-rc-1 < 15.5.4, 15.6-rc-1 < 15.9 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-vxwr-wpjv-qjq7)
🗓️ 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124628");
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:"2024-04-15 05:30:39 +0000 (Mon, 15 Apr 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-01-21 16:26:42 +0000 (Tue, 21 Jan 2025)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-31981");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("XWiki 3.0.1 < 14.10.19, 15.0-rc-1 < 15.5.4, 15.6-rc-1 < 15.9 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-vxwr-wpjv-qjq7)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 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 a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Privilege escalation (PR) from user registration through PDFClass.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki version 3.0.1 prior to 14.10.19, 15.0-rc-1
prior to 15.5.4 and 15.6-rc-1 prior to 15.9.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 14.10.19, 15.5.4, 15.9 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-vxwr-wpjv-qjq7");
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:"3.0.1", test_version_up:"14.10.19" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.10.19", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"15.0-rc-1", test_version_up:"15.5.4" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"15.5.4", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"15.6-rc-1", test_version_up:"15.9" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"15.9", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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19 Nov 2025 00:00Current
7High risk
Vulners AI Score7
CVSS 3.18.8 - 9.9
EPSS0.01447
SSVC