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CVE-2024-21651

HIGH
Published 2024-01-08T23:30:03.580Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.007
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.7% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.704
Higher than 70.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

xwiki

xwiki-platform

Affected Versions:

>= 14.10, < 14.10.18 >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.3 >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.8-rc-1

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

XWiki vulnerable to Denial of Service attack through attachments

GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4

Advisory Details

### Impact A user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption. ### Patches This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1. ### Workarounds The workaround is to download [commons-compress 1.24](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.24.0/commons-compress-1.24.0.jar) and replace the one located in XWiki `WEB-INF/lib/` folder. ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/) * Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:[email protected])

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war
ECOSYSTEM: ≥14.10 <14.10.18
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war
ECOSYSTEM: ≥15.0-rc-1 <15.5.3
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war
ECOSYSTEM: ≥15.6-rc-1 <15.8-rc-1

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

WEB https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4
ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21651
PACKAGE https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
WEB https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796
WEB https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.24.0/commons-compress-1.24.0.jar

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 8, 2024, Modified: January 9, 2024

References

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796
Published: 2024-01-08T23:30:03.580Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-01T22:27:36.137Z
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