The reset password form reveal users email addressGHSA-h4m4-pgp4-whgm
MEDIUMFix: xwiki/xwiki-platform@0cf7162GHSA-h4m4-pgp4-whgm is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) Information Exposure vulnerability in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web. A fix is available for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web — see the affected versions and patch details below.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-h4m4-pgp4-whgm by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-webReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
The reset password form reveals the email address of users just by giving their username.
Patches
The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.2RC1.
Workarounds
It's possible to manually modify the resetpasswordinline.vm to perform the changes made in https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/0cf716250b3645a5974c80d8336dcdf885749dff#diff-14a3132e3986b1f5606dd13d9d8a8bb8634bec9932123c5e49e9604cfd850fc2
References
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18400
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira XWiki
- Email us at Security ML
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web | ≥ 13.1&&< 13.2 | 13.2org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web:13.2 |
Affected Products
xwikixwikiDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web to 13.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-h4m4-pgp4-whgm is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-h4m4-pgp4-whgm in your dependencies?
Find it across Maven, including transitive dependencies.