GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-r95w-889q-x2gx org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui is missing checks for notification filter preferences editions
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2024-46978
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-648
- Reviewed
- 2024-09-18
Affected packages
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui: >= 13.2-rc-1, < 14.10.21 → fixed in 14.10.21
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.5 → fixed in 15.5.5
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui: >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10.1 → fixed in 15.10.1
Description
Impact
It's possible for any user knowing the ID of a notification filter preference of another user, to enable/disable it or even delete it. The impact is that the target user might start loosing notifications on some pages because of this.
This vulnerability is present in XWiki since 13.2-rc-1.
Patches
The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.1, 16.0-rc-1. The patch consists in checking properly the rights of the user before performing any action on the filters.
Workarounds
It's possible to fix manually the vulnerability by editing the document `XWiki.Notifications.Code.NotificationPreferenceService` to apply the changes performed in this commit e8acc9d8e6af7dfbfe70716ded431642ae4a6dd4.
References
• JIRA ticket: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20337
• Commit: e8acc9d8e6af7dfbfe70716ded431642ae4a6dd4
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
Attribution
This vulnerability has been reported on Intigriti by @floerer
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2024-46978 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs weakness
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-r95w-889q-x2gx web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46978 advisory
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4771573dac88e0cf04e30f1a8dfa183c048d503a web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/99193a7e9a203b5bb8b2583ac96f5f4d56b9aa1a web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/b9180b874a22e383ad5f2cd9e25bfed4594d4955 web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/e8acc9d8e6af7dfbfe70716ded431642ae4a6dd4 web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform package
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20337 web