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Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 21, 2022 in xwiki/xwiki-platform • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 8.1, < 13.10.8
>= 14.0.0, < 14.4.3
>= 14.5.0, < 14.6

Patched versions

13.10.8
14.4.3
14.6

Description

Impact

The modifications rest endpoint does not filter out entries according to the user's rights. Therefore, information hidden from unauthorized users are exposed though the modifications rest endpoint (e.g., comments, page names...).

Patches

Users should upgrade to XWiki 14.6+, 14.4.3+, or13.10.8+. Older versions have not been patched.

Workarounds

No known workaround.

References

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References

@surli surli published to xwiki/xwiki-platform Nov 21, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 21, 2022
Reviewed Nov 21, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 22, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-41936

GHSA ID

GHSA-p88w-fhxw-xvcc

Source code

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