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TI-2024-17228 Aliases CVE-2024-26138GHSA-4hfp-m9gv-m753

License information is public, exposing instance id and license holder details

Priority LOW 31CWE-862Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00492 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed application-licensing (xwikisas): 1.24.2com.xwiki.licensing:application-licensing-licensor-ui (Maven): 1.24.2

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
XWikiapplication-licensing1.0 to before 1.24.21.24.2Patch availableCNA
—com.xwiki.licensing:application-licensing-licensor-ui (Maven)1.0 to before 1.24.21.24.2Patch availableGHSA-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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:application_licensing:*:*:*:*:*:xwiki:*:*1.0 to before 1.24.2VulnerableXWiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:application_licensing:*:*:*:*:*:xwiki:*:* Versions 1.0 to before 1.24.2 Vulnerable ·XWiki

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

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-26138
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4hfp-m9gv-m753

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