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SCA: security update for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-default (GHSA-q2hm-2h45-v5g3)
medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417808
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it.
When the `reset a forgotten password` feature of XWiki was used, the password was then stored in plain
text in database. This only concerns XWiki 13.1RC1 and newer versions. Note that it only concerns the
reset password feature available from the "Forgot your password" link in the login view: the features
allowing a user to change their password, or for an admin to change a user password are not impacted. This
vulnerability is particularly dangerous in combination with other vulnerabilities allowing to perform data
leak of personal data from users, such as GHSA-599v-w48h-rjrm. Note that this vulnerability only concerns
the users of the main wiki: in case of farms, the users registered on subwiki are not impacted thanks to a
bug we discovered when investigating this. The problem has been patched in version 14.6RC1, 14.4.3 and
13.10.8. The patch involves a migration of the impacted users as well as the history of the page, to
ensure no password remains in plain text in the database. This migration also involves to inform the users
about the possible disclosure of their passwords: by default, two emails are automatically sent to the
impacted users. A first email to inform about the possibility that their password have been leaked, and a
second email using the reset password feature to ask them to set a new password. It's also possible for
administrators to set some properties for the migration: it's possible to decide if the user password
should be reset (default) or if the passwords should be kept but only hashed. Note that in the first
option, the users won't be able to login anymore until they set a new password if they were impacted. Note
that in both options, mails will be sent to users to inform them and encourage them to change their
passwords. (CVE-2022-41933)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 417808
Version: Revision 1.8
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.51
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41933
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-41933