GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr XWiki Platform vulnerable to code injection from account/view through VFS Tree macro

HIGH Published 2023-04-20 Modified 2023-04-28 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-29521
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-74
Reviewed
2023-04-20

Affected packages

• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui: >= 7.4-milestone-2, < 13.10.11 → fixed in 13.10.11 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui: >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8 → fixed in 14.4.8 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui: >= 14.5, < 14.10.2 → fixed in 14.10.2

Description

Impact Any user with view rights can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of `Macro.VFSTreeMacro`. This page is not installed by default. See https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260 for the reproduction steps. Patches The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.2, 14.4.8, 13.10.11. Workarounds The issue can be fixed by applying this patch on `Macro.VFSTreeMacro`. References • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260 • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fad02328f5ec7ab7fe5b932ffb5bc5c1ba7a5b12 For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: • Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org • Email us at Security Mailing List

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-29521 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness

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