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XWiki Platform Web Templates vulnerable to Unauthorized User Registration Through the Distribution Wizard

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 8, 2022 in xwiki/xwiki-platform • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 8.0-rc-1, < 13.10.5
>= 14.0, < 14.3-rc-1

Patched versions

13.10.5
14.3-rc-1
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven)
< 13.10.5
>= 14.0, < 14.3-rc-1
13.10.5
14.3-rc-1

Description

Impact

By passing a template of the distribution wizard to the xpart template, user accounts can be created even when user registration is disabled. This also circumvents any email verification. Before versions 14.2 and 13.10.4, this can also be exploited on a private wiki, thus potentially giving the attacker access to the wiki. Depending on the configured default rights of users, this could also give attackers write access to an otherwise read-only public wiki. Users can also be created when an external authentication system like LDAP is configured, but authentication fails unless the authentication system supports a bypass/local accounts are enabled in addition to the external authentication system.

Patches

This issue has been patched in XWiki 13.10.5 and 14.3RC1.

Workarounds

It is possible to replace xpart.vm, the entry point for this attack, by a patched version from the patch without updating XWiki.

References

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References

@surli surli published to xwiki/xwiki-platform Sep 8, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 8, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 16, 2022
Reviewed Sep 16, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.061%
(27th percentile)

CVE ID

CVE-2022-36093

GHSA ID

GHSA-h5j3-5x63-p8jv

Source code

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