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Fencer Vulns
low 2.0

CVE-2021-32729 json

A user without PR can reset user authentication failures information

published 2021-07-01 5 y ago modified 2026-07-08 4 mo ago also GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3 , EUVD-2021-1481

cvss
2.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A vulnerability exists in versions prior to 12.6.88, 12.10.4, and 13.0. The script service method used to reset the authentication failures record can be executed by any user with Script rights and does not require Programming rights. An attacher with script rights who is able to reset the authentication failure record might perform a brute force attack, since they would be able to virtually deactivate the mechanism introduced to mitigate those attacks. The problem has been patched in version 12.6.8, 12.10.4 and 13.0. There are no workarounds aside from upgrading.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-script 12.6.8, 12.10.4
  • xwiki xwiki 12.6.8, 12.10.4

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 2.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 2.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-script
>=11.6, <12.6.8
>=12.7, <12.10.4
12.6.8
12.10.4

Affected products

  • xwiki xwiki-platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.