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No CSRF protection on the password change form

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 1, 2021 in xwiki/xwiki-platform • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven)

Affected versions

< 12.10.5
>= 13.0, < 13.2

Patched versions

12.10.5
13.2

Description

Impact

It's possible for forge an URL that, when accessed by an admin, will reset the password of any user in XWiki.

Patches

The problem has been patched in XWiki 12.10.5, 13.2RC1.

Workarounds

It's possible to apply the patch manually by modifying the register_macros.vm template like in xwiki/xwiki-platform@0a36dbc.

References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18315

For more information

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References

@surli surli published to xwiki/xwiki-platform Jul 1, 2021
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 1, 2021
Reviewed Jul 2, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 2, 2021
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.7
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.074%
(33rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-32730

GHSA ID

GHSA-v9j2-q4q5-cxh4

Source code

No known source code
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