CVE-2024-21651

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jan 9, 2024
Updated: Jan 12, 2024
CWE ID 400

Summary

CVE-2024-21651 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the XWiki Platform. A user can exploit this weakness by attaching a manipulated TAR file to a page, altering file modification times headers. When this file is parsed by Tika, it causes excessive CPU consumption, leading to a denial-of-service condition. This issue has been addressed in XWiki versions 14.10.18, 15.5.3, and 15.8 RC1.

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