Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. If guest has view right on any document. It's possible to create a new user using the `distribution/firstadminuser.wiki` in the wrong context. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1 and 14.10.1. There is no known workaround other than upgrading.
Remediation
References
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fp36-mjw5-fmgx
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19852
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20400
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