CVE-2022-41929 Missing Authorization in User#setDisabledStatus in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore

What is CVE-2022-41929?

CVE-2022-41929 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 23 Nov 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore is missing authorization in User#setDisabledStatus, which may allow an incorrectly authorized user with only Script rights to enable or disable a user. This operation is meant to only be available for users with admin rights. This problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.7, 14.4.2 and 14.5RC1.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41929?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore. It affects 1 product.

Products include Xwiki Xwiki.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41929?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to a fixed version for your release line: 13.10.7 or 14.4.2.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2022-41929 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-41929 exists.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2gj2-vj98-j2qq.