CVE-2024-21651 json
XWiki Denial of Service attack through attachments
published 2y ago modified 2mo ago also GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4 , EUVD-2024-0294
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war 14.10.18, 15.5.3, 15.8-rc-1
- xwiki xwiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3, 15.8
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war | >=14.10, <14.10.18 >=15.0-rc-1, <15.5.3 >=15.6-rc-1, <15.8-rc-1 |
14.10.18 15.5.3 15.8-rc-1 |
Affected products
- xwiki xwiki-platform
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
github.com
/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4
web, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
-
jira.xwiki.org
/browse/XCOMMONS-2796
web, issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21651
advisory
-
github.com
/xwiki/xwiki-platform
package
-
search.maven.org
/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.24.0/commons-compress-1.24.0.jar
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-21651
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4
- NVD CVE-2024-21651
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