High severity · published Nov 23, 2022
CVE-2022-41930
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-user-profile-ui is missing authorization to enable or disable users
8.2
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-user-profile-ui is missing authorization to enable or disable users. 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. 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 https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/5be1cc0adf917bf10899c47723fa451e950271fa.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki · Xwiki
12.4 before 13.10.7; 14.0.0 before 14.4.2; 14.4.3; 14.4.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41930
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41930
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/5be1cc0adf917bf10899c47723fa451e950271fa
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p5v9-g8w8-5q4v
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19792
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