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High severity · published Aug 19, 2024
CVE-2024-43401
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it
8.0
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A user without script/programming right can trick a user with elevated rights to edit a content with a malicious payload using a WYSIWYG editor. The user with elevated rights is not warned beforehand that they are going to edit possibly dangerous content. The payload is executed at edit time. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10RC1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki · Xwiki
through 15.9 · source: NVD
Affected product
XW
Xwiki
Xwiki
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43401
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43401
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7
Issue Tracking
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20331
Issue Tracking
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21311
Issue Tracking
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21481
Issue Tracking
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21482
Issue Tracking
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21483
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