CVE-2024-21651

XWiki Denial of Service attack through attachments

Published Jan 8, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-0294 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4 XWiki vulnerable to Denial of Service attack through attachments
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 3, 2025, 2:34 PM
Reserved
Dec 29, 2023, 4:10 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 9, 2024, 12:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:09 AM