GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-7654-vfh6-rw6x Remote code execution from account through SearchAdmin

CRITICAL Published 2023-12-16 Modified 2023-12-16 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-50721
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-94
Reviewed
2023-12-16

Affected packages

• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui: >= 4.5-rc-1, < 14.10.15 → fixed in 14.10.15 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.2 → fixed in 15.5.2 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui: >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.7-rc-1 → fixed in 15.7-rc-1

Description

Impact The search administration interface doesn't properly escape the id and label of search user interface extensions, allowing the injection of XWiki syntax containing script macros including Groovy macros that allow remote code execution, impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki instance. This attack can be executed by any user who can edit some wiki page like the user's profile (editable by default) as user interface extensions that will be displayed in the search administration can be added on any document by any user. To reproduce, edit any document with the object editor, add an object of type `XWiki.UIExtensionClass`, set "Extension Point Id" to `org.xwiki.platform.search`, set "Extension ID" to `{{async}}{{groovy}}services.logging.getLogger("attacker").error("Attack from extension id succeeded!"){{/groovy}}{{/async}}`, set "Extension Parameters" to `label={{async}}{{groovy}}services.logging.getLogger("attacker").error("Attack from label succeeded!"){{/groovy}}{{/async}}` and "Extension Scope" to "Current User". Then open the page `XWiki.SearchAdmin`, e.g., on http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/SearchAdmin. If there are error log messages in XWiki's log that announce that attacks succeeded, the instance is vulnerable. Patches The necessary escaping has been added in XWiki 14.10.15, 15.5.2 and 15.7RC1. Workarounds The patch can be manually applied to the page `XWiki.SearchAdmin`. References • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/62863736d78ffd60d822279c5fb7fb9593042766 • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21200

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-50721 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References