# A user without PR can reset user authentication failures information

Advisory record · `GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3` · `CVE-2021-32729`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 2.0 Low
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html) · [CWE-693](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/693.html) · [CWE-732](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html)
- **Tags:** [Authentication bypass](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/auth-bypass.md) · [Broken access control](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/access-control.md) · [CWE-693](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-693.md)
- **Published:** 2 Jul 2021
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 2 Jul 2021, 19:19 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-script` (Maven): affected `>=11.6, <12.6.8 || >=12.7, <12.10.4`; fixed in `12.6.8`, `12.10.4`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> The xwiki-platform-security-authentication-script Maven package, versions from 11.6 before 12.6.8 and from 12.7 before 12.10.4, lets a user with Script rights reset the record of authentication failures, although that action should require Programming rights. An attacker with Script rights could use this to disable the brute-force protection and then attempt password guessing. Upgrade to version 12.6.8 or 12.10.4, or later. No other workaround is given beyond limiting Script rights to trusted users.

Written 2 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 2.0 Low, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0050, the 43rd percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3)
- [OSV: GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3)
- <https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-m738-3rc4-5xv3>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32729>
- <https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18276>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

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