GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668 xwiki-platform-administration-ui vulnerable to privilege escalation

CRITICAL Published 2023-04-12 Modified 2023-04-26 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-29511
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-95
Reviewed
2023-04-12

Affected packages

• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui: >= 1.5M2, < 13.10.11 → fixed in 13.10.11 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui: >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8 → fixed in 14.4.8 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui: >= 14.5, < 14.10.1 → fixed in 14.10.1

Description

Impact Any user with edit rights on a page (e.g., it's own user page), 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 the section ids in `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`. This page is installed by default. Reproduction steps are described in https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20261 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 `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`. 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-2023-29511 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code weakness

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