Wicket
CVE-2024-27439
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An error in the evaluation of the fetch metadata headers could allow a bypass of the CSRF protection in Apache Wicket.1.0 through 9.16.0, and the milestone releases for the 10.0 series. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement anti-CSRF tokens, validate Origin/Referer headers, use SameSite cookie attribute.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in maven
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352), which allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions. An error in the evaluation of the fetch metadata headers could allow a bypass of the CSRF protection in Apache Wicket.1.0 through 9.16.0, and the milestone releases for the 10.0 series. Apache Wicket 8.x does not support CSRF protection via the fetch metadata headers and as such is not affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.17.0 or 10.0.0, which fixes the issue. Affected products include: Apache Wicket. Version information: through 9.16.0.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorVendor: apache
DescriptionCVE.org
An error in the evaluation of the fetch metadata headers could allow a bypass of the CSRF protection in Apache Wicket. This issue affects Apache Wicket: from 9.1.0 through 9.16.0, and the milestone releases for the 10.0 series. Apache Wicket 8.x does not support CSRF protection via the fetch metadata headers and as such is not affected.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.17.0 or 10.0.0, which fixes the issue.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the getWindowOpenJavaScript function in org.apache.wicket.extensions.ajax.ma
The DiskFileItem class in Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0 and 1.5.x before 1.5.17 allows remote attackers to cause a den
The default configuration of XSLTResourceStream.java is vulnerable to remote code execution via XSLT injection when proc
Apache Wicket 6.x before 6.25.0, 7.x before 7.5.0, and 8.0.0-M1 provide a CSRF prevention measure that fails to discover
Apache Wicket before 1.5.12, 6.x before 6.17.0, and 7.x before 7.0.0-M3 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive
Apache Wicket before 1.5.13, 6.x before 6.19.0, and 7.x before 7.0.0-M5 make it easier for attackers to defeat a cryptog
Per-file size and file-count upload limit enforcement in Apache Wicket 8.x through 10.x can be bypassed when a co-deploy
A DNS proxy and possible amplification attack vulnerability in WebClientInfo of Apache Wicket allows an attacker to trig
By crafting a special URL it is possible to make Wicket deliver unprocessed HTML templates. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Wicket 1.4.x before 1.4.22, 1.5.x before 1.5.10, and 6.x before 6.4.0
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the (1) RadioGroup and (2) CheckBoxMultipleChoice classes in Apac
Cross-site scripting in Apache Wicket's AbstractSingleSelectChoice base class allows injection of unescaped HTML into th
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