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Missing Authorization to enable or disable users in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-user-profile-ui

High
surli published GHSA-p5v9-g8w8-5q4v Nov 21, 2022

Package

maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-user-profile-ui (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 12.4

Patched versions

14.5RC1, 14.4.2, 13.10.7

Description

Impact

Any user (logged in or not) with access to the page XWiki.XWikiUserProfileSheet can enable or disable any user profile. This might allow to a disabled user to re-enable themselves, or to an attacker to disable any user of the wiki.

Patches

The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.7, 14.5RC1 and 14.4.2.

Workarounds

The problem can be patched immediately by editing the page XWiki.XWikiUserProfileSheet in the wiki and by performing the changes contained in 5be1cc0.

References

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Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

CVE ID

CVE-2022-41930

Weaknesses