GHSA-3989-4C6X-725F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-20 22:00 – Updated: 2023-04-20 22:00
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Summary
XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation from view right on XWiki.AttachmentSelector
Details

Impact

Any user with view rights on XWiki.AttachmentSelector can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping in the "Cancel and return to page" button. This page is installed by default.

See https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20275 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 XWiki.AttachmentSelector.

References

  • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/aca1d677c58563bbe6e35c9e1c29fd8b12ebb996
  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20275

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Severity ?
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
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