CVE-2024-46978 Missing checks for notification filter preferences editions in XWiki Platform

What is CVE-2024-46978?

CVE-2024-46978 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 18 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible for any user knowing the ID of a notification filter preference of another user, to enable/disable it or even delete it. The impact is that the target user might start loosing notifications on some pages because of this. This vulnerability is present in XWiki since 13.2-rc-1. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.1, 16.0-rc-1. The patch consists in checking properly the rights of the user before performing any action on the filters. Users are advised to upgrade. It's possible to fix manually the vulnerability by editing the document `XWiki.Notifications.Code.NotificationPreferenceService` to apply the changes performed in commit e8acc9d8e6af7dfbfe70716ded431642ae4a6dd4.

Weakness: CWE-648

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46978?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui. It affects 1 product.

Products include Xwiki Xwiki.

How do I fix CVE-2024-46978?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui to a fixed version for your release line: 14.10.21, 15.5.5 or 15.10.1.

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

Is CVE-2024-46978 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46978 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r95w-889q-x2gx.