GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-px54-3w5j-qjg9 XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation from view right using Invitation.InvitationCommon
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-29518
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-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-invitation-ui: >= 2.5-m-1, < 13.10.11 → fixed in 13.10.11
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui: >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8 → fixed in 14.4.8
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui: >= 14.5, < 14.10.1 → fixed in 14.10.1
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 `Invitation.InvitationCommon`. This page is installed by default.
See https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20283 for the reproduction steps.
Patches
The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.
Workarounds
The issue can be fixed by applying this patch on `Invitation.InvitationCommon`.
References
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/3d055a0a5ec42fdebce4d71ee98f94553fdbfebf
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20283
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-2023-29518 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
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-px54-3w5j-qjg9 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29518 advisory
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/3d055a0a5ec42fdebce4d71ee98f94553fdbfebf web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform package
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20283 web