GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-v2rr-xw95-wcjx Privilege escalation (PR)/remote code execution from account through Menu.UIExtensionSheet

HIGH Published 2023-10-25 Modified 2023-11-01 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-37909
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu-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-94, CWE-95
Reviewed
2023-10-25

Affected packages

• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu: >= 5.1-rc-1, < 14.10.8 → fixed in 14.10.8 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu-ui: >= 5.1-rc-1, < 14.10.8 → fixed in 14.10.8 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu-ui: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.3-rc-1 → fixed in 15.3-rc-1

Description

Impact Any user who can edit their own user profile can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents. This can be reproduced with the following steps: 1. As an advanced user, use the object editor to add an object of type `UIExtensionClass` to your user profile. Set the value "Extension Point ID" to `{{/html}}{{async async=false cache=false}}{{groovy}}println("Hello from Groovy!"){{/groovy}}{{/async}}` 2. Open `/xwiki/bin/edit/XWiki/?sheet=Menu.UIExtensionSheet` where `` is the URL of your XWiki installation and `` is your user name. If the text `Hello from Groovy!" selected="selected">` is displayed in the output, the attack succeeded. Patches This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.8 and 15.3 RC1 by adding proper escaping. Workarounds The patch can be manually applied to the document `Menu.UIExtensionSheet`, only three lines need to be changed. References • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20746 • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9e8f080094333dec63a8583229a3799208d773be

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-37909 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
  • CWE-95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code weakness

References