Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A vulnerability exists in versions prior to 12.6.88, 12.10.4, and 13.0. 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. An attacher with script rights who is able to reset the authentication failure record might perform a brute force attack, since they would be able to virtually deactivate the mechanism introduced to mitigate those attacks. The problem has been patched in version 12.6.8, 12.10.4 and 13.0. There are no workarounds aside from upgrading.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18276
Scores
CVSS v3
2.0
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
14.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-732
CWE-693
Status
published
Products (2)
org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-security-authentication-script
11.6 - 12.6.8Maven
xwiki/xwiki
11.6.1 - 12.6.8
Published
Jul 01, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026