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XWiki Platform vulnerable to code injection from view right on XWiki.ClassSheet

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

Package

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

Affected versions

>= 7.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8
>= 14.5, < 14.10.3

Patched versions

14.4.8
14.10.3

Description

Impact

Any user with view rights 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. The attack works by opening a non-existing page with a name crafted to contain a dangerous payload.

For instance: Open <xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/view/%22%2F%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fhtml%7D%7D%20%7B%7Basync%20async%3D%22true%22%20cached%3D%22false%22%20context%3D%22doc.reference%22%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln(%22Hello%20%22%20%2B%20%22from%20groovy!%22)%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D?sheet=XWiki.ClassSheet&xpage=view, where <xwiki-host> is the URL of your XWiki installation.

Patches

This has been patched in XWiki 14.4.8, 14.10.3 and 15.0RC1.

Workarounds

The fix is only impacting Velocity templates and page contents, so applying this patch is enough to fix the issue.

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-2023-29522

GHSA ID

GHSA-mjw9-3f9f-jq2w

Source code

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