XWiki Crypto API Vulnerability (GHSA-h8v5-p258-pqf4)
🗓️ 10 May 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the XWiki Crypto API interface of the XWiki Platform, a platform for creating collaborative web applications, allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code. | 11 Jul 202200:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2022-29161 | 6 May 202207:22 | – | circl | |
| XWiki 加密问题漏洞 | 6 May 202200:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| XWiki has unspecified vulnerabilities | 9 May 202200:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2022-29161 | 5 May 202223:35 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2022-29161 Crypto script service uses hashing algorithm SHA1 with RSA for certificate signature in xwiki-platform | 5 May 202223:35 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2022-4111 | 3 Oct 202520:07 | – | euvd | |
| Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in XWiki Crypto API | 24 May 202212:47 | – | github | |
| CVE-2022-29161 | 6 May 202200:15 | – | nvd | |
| GHSA-H8V5-P258-PQF4 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in XWiki Crypto API | 24 May 202212:47 | – | osv |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.148081");
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:"2022-05-10 02:01:44 +0000 (Tue, 10 May 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
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:"2022-05-17 14:18:00 +0000 (Tue, 17 May 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-29161");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("XWiki Crypto API Vulnerability (GHSA-h8v5-p258-pqf4)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 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 vulnerability in the Crypto API.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"XWiki Crypto API will generate X509 certificates signed by
default using SHA1 with RSA, which is not considered safe anymore for use in certificate
signatures, due to the risk of collisions with SHA1.
Note that this API is never used in XWiki Standard but it might be used in some extensions of
XWiki.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki versions prior to 13.10.6 and 14.x prior to 14.3.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 13.10.6, 14.3.1, 14.4-rc-1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-h8v5-p258-pqf4");
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: "13.10.6")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "13.10.6", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "14.0", test_version_up: "14.3.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14.3.1", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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CVSS 26.8
CVSS 3.15.4 - 9.8
EPSS0.00396
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