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XWiki < 15.10.11 Improper Access Control Vulnerability (GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7)

🗓️ 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType 
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XWiki < 15.10.11 Improper Access Control Vulnerabilit

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131009");
  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:"2024-08-20 08:00:39 +0000 (Tue, 20 Aug 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:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-08-20 16:09:23 +0000 (Tue, 20 Aug 2024)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-43401");

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

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

  script_name("XWiki < 15.10.11 Improper Access Control Vulnerability (GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7)");

  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 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:"A user without script/programming right can trick a user with
  elevated rights to edit a content with a malicious payload using a WYSIWYG editor. The user with
  elevated rights is not warned beforehand that they are going to edit possibly dangerous content.
  The payload is executed at edit time.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki prior to version 15.10.11.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 15.10.11 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7");

  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_is_less(version: version, test_version: "15.10.11")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "15.10.11", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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19 Nov 2025 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 3.18 - 9
EPSS0.00677
SSVC
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