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GHSA-33gp-gmg3-hfpq

GitHub Security Advisory

XWiki Platform vulnerable to document deletion and overwrite from edit

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

When a user has edit but not view right on a page in XWiki, that user can delete the page and replace it by a page with new content without having delete right. The previous version of the page is moved into the recycle bin and can be restored from there by an admin. As the user is recorded as deleter, the user would in theory also be able to view the deleted content, but this is not directly possible as rights of the previous version are transferred to the new page and thus the user still doesn't have view right on the page. From all we examined, it therefore doesn't seem to be possible to exploit this to gain any rights.

To reproduce, just replace `view` by `edit` in the URL of a page that you cannot view but edit and save. This should send the page to the recycle bin and replace it by an empty one if the XWiki installation is vulnerable. After the fix, an error is displayed when saving.

### Patches
This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5 and 15.10.6 by cancelling save operations by users when a new document shall be saved despite the document's existing already.

### Workarounds
We're not aware of any workarounds.

### References
* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21553
* https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/c5efc1e519e710afdf3c5f40c0fcc300ad77149f

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Affected versions: 13.10.4 (fixed in 14.10.21)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Affected versions: 14.2 (fixed in 14.10.21)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Affected versions: 15.0 (fixed in 15.5.5)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Affected versions: 15.6-rc-1 (fixed in 15.10.6)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-33gp-gmg3-hfpq
Published
July 31, 2024 3:20 PM
Last Modified
July 31, 2024 8:20 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 22, 2025 6:29 AM

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