Headline
GHSA-vvp7-r422-rx83: Unauthenticated user can have information about hidden users on subwikis through uorgsuggest.vm
Impact
It’s possible to list some users who are normally not viewable from subwiki by requesting users on a subwiki which allows only global users with uorgsuggest.vm. This issue only concerns hidden users from main wiki.
Note that the disclosed information are the username and the first and last name of users, no other information is leaked.
Patches
The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.8, 14.4.3 and 14.7RC1.
Workarounds
It’s possible to workaround this vulnerability by patching directly uorgsuggest.vm to apply the same changes as in https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/pull/1883.
References
- JIRA ticket: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20007
- this vulnerability is actually a remaining of https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-97jg-43c9-q6pf which wasn’t entirely fixed back then
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira
- Email us at security ML
- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2023-29203
Unauthenticated user can have information about hidden users on subwikis through uorgsuggest.vm
Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 12, 2023 in xwiki/xwiki-platform • Updated Apr 12, 2023
Package
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven)
Affected versions
>= 13.9-rc-1, < 13.10.8
>= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.3
>= 14.5, < 14.7-rc-1
Patched versions
13.10.8
14.4.3
14.7-rc-1
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 12, 2023
Last updated
Apr 12, 2023
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XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. It's possible to list some users who are normally not viewable from subwiki by requesting users on a subwiki which allows only global users with `uorgsuggest.vm`. This issue only concerns hidden users from main wiki. Note that the disclosed information are the username and the first and last name of users, no other information is leaked. The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.8, 14.4.3 and 14.7RC1.