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XWiki 11.7RC1 < 13.10.7, 14.x < 14.4.2 Missing Authorization Vulnerability (GHSA-2gj2-vj98-j2qq)

🗓️ 24 Nov 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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XWiki 11.7RC1 < 13.10.7, 14.x < 14.4.2, 14.5.x < 14.5RC1 Missing Authorization Vulnerability (GHSA-2gj2-vj98-j2qq

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.170248");
  script_version("2026-01-29T08:35:42+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-01-29 08:35:42 +0000 (Thu, 29 Jan 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-11-24 14:20:59 +0000 (Thu, 24 Nov 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-11-30 16:48:00 +0000 (Wed, 30 Nov 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-41929");

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

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

  script_name("XWiki 11.7RC1 < 13.10.7, 14.x < 14.4.2 Missing Authorization Vulnerability (GHSA-2gj2-vj98-j2qq)");

  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 missing authorization vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore is missing authorization
  in User#setDisabledStatus, which may allow an incorrectly authorized user with only Script rights to
  enable or disable a user. This operation is meant to only be available for users
  with admin rights.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki version 11.7RC1 prior to 13.10.7 and 14.x prior to
  14.4.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 13.10.7, 14.4.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-2gj2-vj98-j2qq");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("revisions-lib.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"];
# nb: using revcomp here because normal compare would fail for a check like 11.7.1 vs 11.7RC1
if( revcomp( a:version, b:"11.7RC1" ) >= 0 && version_is_less( version:version, test_version:"13.10.7" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"13.10.7", 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:"14.4.2" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.4.2", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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29 Jan 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.14.9
EPSS0.00713
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