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GHSA-VMHH-XH3G-J992

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-25 22:40 – Updated: 2022-06-08 17:31
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site Scripting in the Flamingo theme manager
Details

Impact

We found a possible XSS vector in the FlamingoThemesCode.WebHomeSheet wiki page related to the "newThemeName" form field.

Patches

The issue is patched in versions 12.10.11, 14.0-rc-1, 13.4.7, 13.10.3.

Workarounds

The easiest workaround is to edit the wiki page FlamingoThemesCode.WebHomeSheet (with wiki editor) and change the line

<input type="hidden" name="newThemeName" id="newThemeName" value="$request.newThemeName" />

into

<input type="hidden" name="newThemeName" id="newThemeName" value="$escapetool.xml($request.newThemeName)" />

References

  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19294
  • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bd935320bee3c27cf7548351b1d0f935f116d437

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in Jira XWiki * Email us at security mailing list

Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui"
      },
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-29251"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-116",
      "CWE-79",
      "CWE-80"
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-05-25T22:40:57Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-05-25T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nWe found a possible XSS vector in the `FlamingoThemesCode.WebHomeSheet` wiki page related to the \"newThemeName\" form field.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue is patched in versions 12.10.11, 14.0-rc-1, 13.4.7, 13.10.3.\n\n### Workarounds\nThe easiest workaround is to edit the wiki page `FlamingoThemesCode.WebHomeSheet` (with wiki editor) and change the line\n\n```\n\u003cinput type=\"hidden\" name=\"newThemeName\" id=\"newThemeName\" value=\"$request.newThemeName\" /\u003e\n```\n\ninto\n\n```\n\u003cinput type=\"hidden\" name=\"newThemeName\" id=\"newThemeName\" value=\"$escapetool.xml($request.newThemeName)\" /\u003e\n```\n\n### References\n  * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19294\n  * https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bd935320bee3c27cf7548351b1d0f935f116d437\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki](https://jira.xwiki.org)\n* Email us at [security mailing list](mailto:security@xwiki.org)",
  "id": "GHSA-vmhh-xh3g-j992",
  "modified": "2022-06-08T17:31:04Z",
  "published": "2022-05-25T22:40:57Z",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Cross-site Scripting in the Flamingo theme manager"
}



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