GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-jgc8-gvcx-9vfx XWiki Platform Improper Authorization check for inactive users
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-36090
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-285
- Reviewed
- 2022-09-16
Affected packages
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore: >= 1.1, < 13.10.5 → fixed in 13.10.5
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore: >= 14.0, < 14.3-rc-1 → fixed in 14.3-rc-1
Description
Impact
Some resources are missing a check for inactive (not yet activated or disabled) users in XWiki, including the REST service: so a disabled user can enable themselves using a REST call. On the same way some resources handler created by extensions are not protected by default: so an inactive users could perform actions for such extensions.
This issue exists since at least version 1.1 of XWiki for instance configured with the email activation required for new users. Now it's more critical for newer versions (>= 11.3RC1) since we provided the capability to disable user without deleting them, and we encouraged using that feature.
Patches
This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.3RC1 and XWiki 13.10.5.
Workarounds
There is no workaround for this other than upgrading XWiki.
References
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19559
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
• Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org
• Email us at security mailing-list
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-36090 XWiki Platform Old Core is a core package for XWiki Platform, a generic wiki platform. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-jgc8-gvcx-9vfx web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36090 advisory
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/e074d226d9b2b96a0a1ba4349d1b73a802842986 web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform package
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19559 web