CVE-2024-43401 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-43401: In XWiki Platform, payloads stored in content is executed when a user with script/programming right edit them

Vendor Xwiki
Product xwiki-platform
Weakness CWE-269
Published August 19, 2024
Last update August 21, 2024
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CVSS base score

9.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/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. 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 19, 2024 CVE published
August 21, 2024 Record updated

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