QID 983806

QID 983806: Java (maven) Security Update for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-script (GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3)

Security update has been released for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-script to fix the vulnerability. Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The script service method used to reset the authentication failures record can be executed by any user with Script rights and does not require Programming rights as it should have. Note that being able to reset the authentication failure record mean that an attacker with script right might use it to try performing a bruteforce attack since she'd been able to virtually deactivate the mechanism introduced to mitigate those attacks.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
    • Solution
    The problem has been patched in version 12.6.8, 12.10.4 and 13.0.Workaround:
    There's no workaround besides upgrading and being careful on which user should have Script right access. Note that any bruteforce attack on the authentication should be visible in the logs since the authentication failures are logged.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 983806

    CVE-2021-32729 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3 org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-script URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3
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