CVE-2024-30263: The PDF Viewer macro can be used to view PDF attachments with restricted access

Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

macro-pdfviewer is a PDF Viewer Macro for XWiki using Mozilla pdf.js. Users with edit rights can access restricted PDF attachments using the PDF Viewer macro, just by passing the attachment URL as the value of the ``file`` parameter. Users with view rights can access restricted PDF attachments if they are shown on public pages where the PDF Viewer macro is called using the attachment URL instead of its reference. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.5.1.

Affected products

xwikisas Macro Pdfviewer: through 2.5.0

References

https://github.com/xwikisas/macro-pdfviewer/issues/49
https://github.com/xwikisas/macro-pdfviewer/security/advisories/GHSA-93qq-2h34-g29f
https://github.com/xwikisas/macro-pdfviewer/issues/49
https://github.com/xwikisas/macro-pdfviewer/security/advisories/GHSA-93qq-2h34-g29f

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