Protection Mechanism Failure in XWiki platform - CVE-2021-32729
Published: July 1, 2021 / Updated: May 5, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU130039
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 1.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32729
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to modify authentication failure records.
The vulnerability exists due to protection mechanism failure in the authentication script service method when handling requests to reset authentication failures. A remote privileged user can invoke the reset method to modify authentication failure records.
User interaction is required.
Affected software
XWiki platform
How to mitigate CVE-2021-32729
Install security update from vendor's website.
XWiki platform - addressed in versions 12.6.8, 12.10.4, 13.0