CVE-2024-52299 HIGH

CVE-2024-52299: The PDF viewer macro allows accessing any attachment without access right checks

Vendor Xwikisas
Product macro-pdfviewer
Weakness CWE-340
Published November 13, 2024
Last update November 14, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

macro-pdfviewer is a PDF Viewer Macro for XWiki using Mozilla pdf.js. Any user with view right on XWiki.PDFViewerService can access any attachment stored in the wiki as the "key" that is passed to prevent this is computed incorrectly, calling skip on the digest stream doesn't update the digest. This is fixed in 2.5.6.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 13, 2024 CVE published
November 14, 2024 Record updated