GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m XWiki Platform vulnerable to CSRF privilege escalation/RCE via the create action

HIGH Published 2023-08-23 Modified 2023-09-01 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-40572
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-352
Reviewed
2023-08-23

Affected packages

• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore: >= 3.2-milestone-3, < 14.10.9 → fixed in 14.10.9 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.4-rc-1 → fixed in 15.4-rc-1

Description

Impact The create action is vulnerable to a CSRF attack, allowing script and thus remote code execution when targeting a user with script/programming right, thus compromising the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. To reproduce, the XWiki syntax `[[image:path:/xwiki/bin/create/Foo/WebHome?template=&parent=Main.WebHome&title=$services.logging.getLogger(%22foo%22).error(%22Script%20executed!%22)]]` can be added to any place that supports XWiki syntax like a comment. When a user with script right views this image and a log message `ERROR foo - Script executed!` appears in the log, the XWiki installation is vulnerable. Patches This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.9 and 15.4RC1 by requiring a CSRF token for the actual page creation. Workarounds There are no known workarounds. References • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20849 • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b20528808d0c311290b0d9ab2cfc44063380ef7

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-40572 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness

References