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XWiki Crypto API Vulnerability (GHSA-h8v5-p258-pqf4)

🗓️ 10 May 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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XWiki Crypto API Vulnerabilit

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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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19 Nov 2025 00:00Current
8.9High risk
Vulners AI Score8.9
CVSS 26.8
CVSS 3.15.4 - 9.8
EPSS0.00396
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