CVE-2021-32731 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-32731

The reset password form reveal users email address

Vulnerability Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Between (and including) versions 13.1RC1 and 13.1, the reset password form reveals the email address of users just by giving their username. The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.2RC1. As a workaround, it is possible to manually modify the `resetpasswordinline.vm` to perform the changes made to mitigate the vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xwiki-platform
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 13.1RC1, <= 13.1

Timeline

Official Publish: July 1st, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration