QID 150778

Date Published: 2024-01-22

QID 150778: XWiki Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (CVE-2024-21650)

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it.

Affected versions of XWiki are vulnerable to a remote code execution (RCE) attack through its user registration feature. This issue allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious payloads in the "first name" or "last name" fields during user registration. This impacts all installations that have user registration enabled for guests.

Affected versions:
XWiki versions prior to 14.10.17
XWiki versions from 15.0 up to 15.5.3
XWiki versions from 15.6 up to 15.7

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID sends HTTP GET requests to multiple endpoints and checks for vulnerable version of XWiki running on the target host.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 10 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to relevant XWiki version 14.10.17, 15.5.3, 15.8-rc-1 to remediate this vulnerability. For more information pertaining to this vulnerability please refer GitHub Security Advisory.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 150778

    CVE-2024-21650 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GitHub Security Adviosry URL Logo github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-rj7p-xjv7-7229
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