CVE-2024-46978Network attack vector

Authenticated notification suppression via unchecked preference ownership

Published Sep 18, 2024 · Updated Sep 20, 2024

Authorization failure in XWiki Platform allows remote authenticated users to alter another user's notification filters over the network. NotificationPreferenceService accepts a requested target user, but the vulnerable logic authorizes only wiki-target actions and does not verify that a user-target preference belongs to the requester. Any logged-in user who knows another user's filter preference ID can enable, disable, or delete it, suppressing that user's page notifications.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.52%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Authorization failure in XWiki Platform allows remote authenticated users to alter another user's notification filters over the network. NotificationPreferenceService accepts a requested target user, but the vulnerable logic authorizes only wiki-target actions and does not verify that a user-target preference belongs to the requester. Any logged-in user who knows another user's filter preference ID can enable, disable, or delete it, suppressing that user's page notifications.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-46978
Published
Sep 18, 2024
Updated
Sep 20, 2024
Vendor
CryptPad
Product
XWiki Platform
Classifications
CWE-648
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 18, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 20, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=>= 13.2-rc-1, < 14.10.21
  2. Affected versionversion=13.2-rc-1 <=14.10.21
  3. Affected versionversion=>= 15.0.0, < 15.5.5
  4. Affected versionversion=15.0.0 <=15.5.5
  5. Affected versionversion=15.10.1 <=15.6.0
  6. Affected versionversion=>= 15.6.0, < 15.10.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

CryptPad · XWiki Platformversion=>= 13.2-rc-1, < 14.10.21; version=13.2-rc-1 <=14.10.21; version=>= 15.0.0, < 15.5.5; version=15.0.0 <=15.5.5; version=15.10.1 <=15.6.0; version=>= 15.6.0, < 15.10.1

Published CVSS scores

6.5GitHub, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-648Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

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