License information is public, exposing instance id and license holder details
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The XWiki licensor application, which manages and enforce application licenses for paid extensions, includes the document `Licenses.Code.LicenseJSON` that provides information for admins regarding active licenses. This document is public and thus exposes this information publicly. The information includes the instance's id as well as first and last name and email of the license owner. This is a leak of information that isn't supposed to be public. The instance id allows associating data on the active installs data with the concrete XWiki instance. Active installs assures that "there's no way to find who's having a given UUID" (referring to the instance id). Further, the information who the license owner is and information about the obtained licenses can be used for targeted phishing attacks. Also, while user information is normally public, email addresses might only be displayed obfuscated, depending on the configuration. This has been fixed in Application Licensing 1.24.2. There are no known workarounds besides upgrading.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XWiki | application-licensing | 1.0 to before 1.24.2 | 1.24.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | com.xwiki.licensing:application-licensing-licensor-ui (Maven) | 1.0 to before 1.24.2 | 1.24.2 | Patch available | GHSA-4hfp-m9gv-m753 |
- application-licensing VendorXWiki Affected 1.0 to before 1.24.2 Fixed in 1.24.2 Patch available CNA
- com.xwiki.licensing:application-licensing-licensor-ui (Maven) Vendor— Affected 1.0 to before 1.24.2 Fixed in 1.24.2 Patch available GHSA-4hfp-m9gv-m753
Remediation
- Fix · CNA application-licensing (xwikisas) Fixed in 1.24.2
- Fix · GHSA-4hfp-m9gv-m753 com.xwiki.licensing:application-licensing-licensor-ui (Maven) Fixed in 1.24.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-26138
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4hfp-m9gv-m753
References
Patch 2
Sources
- CVE-2024-26138 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-26138 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4hfp-m9gv-m753 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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