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Status published
High
CVE-2024-52299
The PDF viewer macro allows accessing any attachment without access right checks
Vulnerability Description
macro-pdfviewer is a PDF Viewer Macro for XWiki using Mozilla pdf.js. Any user with view right on XWiki.PDFViewerService can access any attachment stored in the wiki as the "key" that is passed to prevent this is computed incorrectly, calling skip on the digest stream doesn't update the digest. This is fixed in 2.5.6.
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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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
macro-pdfviewer
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 1.6.2, < 2.5.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 13th, 2024
Last Modified:
November 14th, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.