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org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-attachment-ui vulnerable to Code Injection

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 18, 2023 in xwiki/xwiki-platform • Updated Nov 4, 2023

Package

maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-attachment-ui (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 3.0-rc-1, < 13.10.11
>= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8
>= 14.5, < 14.10.2

Patched versions

13.10.11
14.4.8
14.10.2

Description

Impact

A registered user can perform remote code execution leading to privilege escalation by injecting the proper code in the "property" field of an attachment selector, as a gadget of their own dashboard. Note that the vulnerability does not impact comments of a wiki.

Patches

The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.2, 15.0-rc-1.

Workarounds

The problem can be worked around by applying following changes directly in XWiki.AttachmentSelector page: xwiki/xwiki-platform@5e8725b.

References

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References

@tmortagne tmortagne published to xwiki/xwiki-platform Apr 18, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 19, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 20, 2023
Reviewed Apr 20, 2023
Last updated Nov 4, 2023

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-29519

GHSA ID

GHSA-3hjg-cghv-22ww

Source code

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