GHSA-RFH6-MG6H-H668

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-12 20:36 – Updated: 2023-04-26 22:15
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Summary
xwiki-platform-administration-ui vulnerable to privilege escalation
Details

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.

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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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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-04-16T08:15:00Z",
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  "details": "### Impact\nAny user with edit rights on a page (e.g., it\u0027s 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.\n\nReproduction steps are described in https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20261\n\n### Patches\nThe vulnerability has been patched in XWiki  15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.\n\n### Workarounds\nThe issue can be fixed by applying this [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f1e310826a19acdcdecdecdcfe171d21f24d6ede) on `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n*    Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)\n*    Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)\n",
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  "modified": "2023-04-26T22:15:50Z",
  "published": "2023-04-12T20:36:56Z",
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  "summary": "xwiki-platform-administration-ui vulnerable to privilege escalation"
}


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