GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-gr82-8fj2-ggc3 XWiki Platform XSS vulnerability from account in the create page form via template provider
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-45134
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-web-standard, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2023-10-25
Affected packages
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates: < 14.10.12 → fixed in 14.10.12
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5-rc-1 → fixed in 15.5-rc-1
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-web-standard: >= 2.4-milestone-2, < 3.1-milestone-1 → fixed in 3.1-milestone-1
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web: >= 3.1-milestone-1, < 13.4-rc-1 → fixed in 13.4-rc-1
Description
Impact
An attacker can create a template provider on any document that is part of the wiki (could be the attacker's user profile) that contains malicious code. This code is executed when this template provider is selected during document creation which can be triggered by sending the user to a URL. For the attacker, the only requirement is to have an account as by default the own user profile is editable. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary actions with the rights of the user opening the malicious link. Depending on the rights of the user, this may allow remote code execution and full read and write access to the whole XWiki installation.
For reproduction, the following steps can be used:
1. As a simple user with no script right, edit the user profile with the object editor and add an object of type "Template Provider Class". Set the name to "My Template", set template to any page on the wiki. In "Creation Restrictions", enter `/xwiki/bin/create/Main/WebHome?parent=&templateprovider=XWiki.&name=foo&spaceReference=Bar`, where `` is the URL of your XWiki installation and `` is the username of the attacker.
If an alert is displayed, the installation is vulnerable.
Patches
This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.12 and 15.5RC1 by adding the appropriate escaping.
Workarounds
The vulnerable template file createinline.vm is part of XWiki's WAR and can be patched by manually applying the changes from the fix.
References
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ba56fda175156dd35035f2b8c86cbd8ef1f90c2e
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20962
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-45134 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-gr82-8fj2-ggc3 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45134 advisory
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ba56fda175156dd35035f2b8c86cbd8ef1f90c2e web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform package
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20962 web