CVE-2021-32620 HIGH

CVE-2021-32620: Users registered with email verification can self re-activate their disabled accounts

Vendor Xwiki
Product xwiki-platform
Weakness CWE-285
Published May 28, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In versions prior to 11.10.13, 12.6.7, and 12.10.2, a user disabled on a wiki using email verification for registration canouldre-activate themself by using the activation link provided for his registration. The problem has been patched in the following versions of XWiki: 11.10.13, 12.6.7, 12.10.2, 13.0. It is possible to workaround the issue by resetting the `validkey` property of the disabled XWiki users. This can be done by editing the user profile with object editor.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 28, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated