GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-r8xc-xxh3-q5x3 XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via back and xcontinue parameters in resubmit template

CRITICAL Published 2023-06-22 Modified 2023-06-30 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-35160
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-79, CWE-87
Reviewed
2023-06-22

Affected packages

• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates: >= 2.5-milestone-2, < 14.10.5 → fixed in 14.10.5 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.1-rc-1 → fixed in 15.1-rc-1

Description

Impact Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the resubmit template to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/Main?xpage=resubmit&resubmit=javascript:alert(document.domain)&xback=javascript:alert(document.domain) This vulnerability exists since XWiki 2.5-milestone-2. Patches The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1. Workarounds It's possible to workaround the vulnerability by editing the template resubmit.vm to perform checks on it, but note that the appropriate fix involves new APIs that have been recently introduced in XWiki. See the referenced jira tickets. References • Jira ticket about the vulnerability: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20343 • Introduction of the macro used for fixing all those vulnerabilities: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583 • Commit containing the actual fix in the page: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/dbc92dcdace33823ffd1e1591617006cb5fc6a7f 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 Attribution This vulnerability has been reported by René de Sain @renniepak.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-35160 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
  • CWE-87 Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax weakness

References