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XWiki 15.3-rc-1 < 15.10.14, 16.0.0-rc-1 < 16.4.6, 16.5.0-rc-1 < 16.10.0 Missing Authorization Vulnerability (GHSA-f9c6-2f9p-82jj)

🗓️ 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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XWiki versions 15.3-rc-1 to 15.10.14 have an authorization vulnerability requiring updates.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124860");
  script_version("2026-06-25T06:55:31+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-06-25 06:55:31 +0000 (Thu, 25 Jun 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-07-18 05:10:52 +0000 (Fri, 18 Jul 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-04-30 19:15:55 +0000 (Wed, 30 Apr 2025)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-46557");

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

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

  script_name("XWiki 15.3-rc-1 < 15.10.14, 16.0.0-rc-1 < 16.4.6, 16.5.0-rc-1 < 16.10.0 Missing Authorization Vulnerability (GHSA-f9c6-2f9p-82jj)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 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 missing authorization vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A user who can access pages located in the XWiki space
  (by default, anyone) can access the page XWiki.Authentication.Administration and (unless an
  authenticator is set in xwiki.cfg) switch to another installed authenticator.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki version 15.3-rc-1 prior to 15.10.14, 16.0.0-rc-1 prior
  to 16.4.6 and 16.5.0-rc-1 prior to 16.10.0.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 15.10.14, 16.4.6, 16.10.0 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f9c6-2f9p-82jj");

  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:"15.3-rc-1", test_version_up:"15.10.14" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"15.10.14", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"16.0.0-rc-1", test_version_up:"16.4.6" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"16.4.6", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"16.5.0-rc-1", test_version_up:"16.10.0" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"16.10.0", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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25 Jun 2026 00:00Current
7.3High risk
Vulners AI Score7.3
CVSS 3.19.8
CVSS 48.4
EPSS0.00549
SSVC
5