SB2023030624 - Denial of service in XWiki Platform
Published: March 6, 2023 Updated: May 5, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023030624
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26470)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fdfce062642b0ac062da5cda033d25482f4600fa
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/db3d1c62fc5fb59fefcda3b86065d2d362f55164
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/04e5a89d2879b160cdfaea846024d3d9c1a525e6
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-92wp-r7hm-42g7
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19223