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  1. Confluence Data Center
  2. CONFSERVER-13039

Privilege escalation: User is able to add a page to his watchlist without having the permission

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      Szenario:

      create user1 and user2
      user1 has access to space1
      user2 has access to space2

      user1 can add a page to his watchlist by manipulating (using a proxy like webscarab) the postrequest to
      http://localhost:8080/dwr/exec/PageNotification.startWatching.dwr

      and replacing the id contained in parameter c0-param0

      the posted data looks like that

      callCount=1
      c0-scriptName=PageNotification
      c0-methodName=startWatching
      c0-id=215_1221492126248
      c0-param0=string:393224
      xml=true

      This results in the page being added to the users watchlist, displaying the title and the corresponding space, even though the user should not have access to this space at all.

      I have not tested the email functionality since there was no mailserver available for testing wether a message gets sent on change of the watched page.

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            [CONFSERVER-13039] Privilege escalation: User is able to add a page to his watchlist without having the permission

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              bnguyen Brian Nguyen (Inactive)
              9454181e1678 Thomas Jaehnel
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