XWiki 13.1RC1 < 13.10.8, 14.x < 14.4.3, 14.5.x < 14.6 Plaintext Password Storage Vulnerability (GHSA-q2hm-2h45-v5g3)
🗓️ 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-41933 | 24 Nov 202200:14 | – | circl | |
| XWiki Platform 安全漏洞 | 23 Nov 202200:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| XWiki Platform Information Disclosure Vulnerability | 25 Nov 202200:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2022-41933 | 23 Nov 202200:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2022-41933 Plaintext storage of password in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-default | 23 Nov 202200:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2022-7405 | 3 Oct 202520:07 | – | euvd | |
| Plaintext storage of password after a reset in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-default | 21 Nov 202222:37 | – | github | |
| CVE-2022-41933 | 23 Nov 202221:15 | – | nvd | |
| GHSA-599V-W48H-RJRM XWiki Platform Web Templates vulnerable to Missing Authorization, Exposure of Private Personal Information to Unauthorized Actor | 16 Sep 202217:39 | – | osv | |
| GHSA-Q2HM-2H45-V5G3 Plaintext storage of password after a reset in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-default | 21 Nov 202222:37 | – | 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.170255");
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:"2022-11-28 13:14:33 +0000 (Mon, 28 Nov 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-12-02 16:57:00 +0000 (Fri, 02 Dec 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-41933");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("XWiki 13.1RC1 < 13.10.8, 14.x < 14.4.3, 14.5.x < 14.6 Plaintext Password Storage Vulnerability (GHSA-q2hm-2h45-v5g3)");
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 plaintext password storage vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"When the reset a forgotten password feature of XWiki is used,
the password is then stored in plain text in database.
Note that it only concerns the reset password feature available from the 'Forgot your password'
link in the login view: the features allowing a user to change their password, or for an admin to
change a user password are not impacted.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki version 13.1-rc-1 prior to 13.10.8, 14.x prior to 14.4.3
and 14.5.x prior to 14.6.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 13.10.8, 14.4.3, 14.6 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q2hm-2h45-v5g3");
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"];
# nb: Although advisories sometimes use the 13.1RC1 format, in the actual release it is always like 13.1-rc-1
if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"13.1-rc-1", test_version_up:"13.10.8" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"13.10.8", 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:"14.4.3" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.4.3", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
if ( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"14.5", test_version_up:"14.6" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.6", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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29 Jan 2026 00:00Current
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