CVE-2023-29513: Improper Access Control

April 20, 2023

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. If guest has view right on any document. It’s possible to create a new user using the distribution/firstadminuser.wiki in the wrong context. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1 and 14.10.1. There is no known workaround other than upgrading.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-fp36-mjw5-fmgx
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fp36-mjw5-fmgx
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19852
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20400
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29513

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