CVE-2024-21648 XWiki has no right protection on rollback action
Attackers can rollback pages to regain revoked permissions, leading to privilege escalation in XWiki.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-21648?
CVE-2024-21648 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 8 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The rollback action is missing a right protection, a user can rollback to a previous version of the page to gain rights they don't have anymore. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10.17, 15.5.3 and 15.8-rc-1 by ensuring that the rights are checked before performing the rollback.
Weakness: CWE-274
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21648?
6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform and org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform Maven | From 15.0-rc-1 | 15.5.3 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform Maven | From 15.0-rc-1 | 15.5.3 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform Maven | From 15.6-rc-1 | 15.8-rc-1 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform Maven | From 15.6-rc-1 | 15.8-rc-1 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 1.0 | 14.10.17 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 1.0 | 14.10.17 |
Products include Xwiki Xwiki.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21648?
Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform to a fixed version for your release line: 15.5.3 or 15.8-rc-1.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-21648 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21648 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Xwiki Xwiki
- CVE-2025-24893 XWiki Platform Eval Injection
- CVE-2025-53836 XWiki Rendering is vulnerable to RCE attacks when processing nested macros
- CVE-2024-55662 XWiki allows remote code execution through the extension sheet
- CVE-2024-55877 XWiki allows remote code execution from account through macro descriptions and XWiki.XWikiSyntaxMacrosList
- CVE-2024-37901 XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution from account via SearchSuggestConfigSheet
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xh35-w7wg-95v3.