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XWiki Authentication Failure Information Reset Vulnerability (GHSA-5c66-v29h-xjh8)

Information

Severity

Severity

Low

Family

Family

Web application abuses

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

1.7

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:N/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

XWiki is prone to a vulnerability where a user without PR can reset user authentication failures information.

Insight

Insight

The script service method used to reset the authentication failures record can be executed by any user with Script rights and does not require Programming rights as it should have. Note that being able to reset the authentication failure record mean that an attacker with script right might use it to try performing a bruteforce attack since she'd been able to virtually deactivate the mechanism introduced to mitigate those attacks.

Affected Software

Affected Software

XWiki version 11.6 through 12.6.7 and 12.7 through 12.10.3.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 12.6.8, 12.10.4 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)