CVE-2024-37898

XWiki Platform vulnerable to document deletion and overwrite from edit

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: July 31, 2024 at 03:12 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXwiki

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. When a user has view but not edit 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. It therefore doesn't seem to be possible to exploit this to gain any rights. 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 14.0-rc-1v < 14.10.21v < 15.10.6v < 15.5.513.10.4 ≤ v < 14.014.2 ≤ v < 14.10.2115.6 ≤ v < 15.10.615.0 < v < 15.5.515.0
Affected range stops below 14.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.0-rc-1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.10.21, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.10.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862

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