CVE-2023-49280
Data leak of password hash through change requests
Description
### Impact Change request allows to edit any page by default, and the changes are then exported in an XML that anyone can download. So it's possible for an attacker to obtain password hash of users by performing edition of the user profiles and then downloading the XML that has been created. This is also true for any document that might contain password field and that a user can view. This vulnerability impacts all version of Change Request, but the impact depends on the rights that has been set on the wiki since it requires for the user to have the Change request right (allowed by default) and view rights on the page to target. Also the issue cannot be easily exploited in an automated way. ### Patches The patch consists in denying to users the right of editing pages that contains a password field with change request. It means that already existing change request for those pages won't be removed by the patch, administrators needs to take care of it. The patch is provided in Change Request 1.10, administrators should upgrade immediately. ### Workarounds It's possible to workaround the vulnerability by denying manually the Change request right on some spaces, such as XWiki space which will include any user profile by default. ### References * JIRA issue: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/CRAPP-302 * Commit of the fix: https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest/commit/ff0f5368ea04f0e4aa7b33821c707dc68a8c5ca8 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/) * Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:[email protected]) ### Attribution Thanks Michael Hamann for the report.
How to fix CVE-2023-49280
To remediate CVE-2023-49280, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.10 or later
Is CVE-2023-49280 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.