# CVE-2005-4862: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can retrieve cleartext user passwords by exploiting the search functionality in XWiki.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Sep 2007
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm4g-g7fc-3qxj

## What is CVE-2005-4862?

CVE-2005-4862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 14 Sep 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The search functionality in XWiki 0.9.793 indexes cleartext user passwords, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a search string that matches a password.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4862?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Xwiki Xwiki.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-4862?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4862 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-4862 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4862 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Xwiki Xwiki

- [CVE-2025-24893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24893/): XWiki Platform Eval Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-53836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53836/): XWiki Rendering is vulnerable to RCE attacks when processing nested macros (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-55662](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55662/): XWiki allows remote code execution through the extension sheet (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-55877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55877/): XWiki allows remote code execution from account through macro descriptions and XWiki.XWikiSyntaxMacrosList (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-37901](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37901/): XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution from account via SearchSuggestConfigSheet (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-4862 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-4862 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 14 Sep 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4862 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Xwiki Xwiki. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4862/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4862/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4862
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4862
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4862

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