XWiki Platform privilege escalation | CVE-2022-31166
NAME
XWiki Platform privilege escalation
- Platforms Affected:
XWiki XWiki Platform 11.3.7
XWiki XWiki Platform 12.0RC1
XWiki XWiki Platform 11.10.3 - Risk Level:
8.1 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
XWiki Platform could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper privilege management in XWiki resolving groups in XWiki.WebHome. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain privilege escalation.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: Low
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: None
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Refer to XWiki GIT Repository for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-g4h6-qp44-wqvx - Reference Link:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-31166
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