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It's possible to access a classloader file out of the "templates/" prefix through template manager

Low
surli published GHSA-9qrp-h7fw-42hg May 25, 2022

Package

maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 8.3-rc-1

Patched versions

14.0, 13.10.3

Description

Impact

One can ask for any file located in the classloader using the template API and a path with ".." in it. For example

{{template name="../xwiki.hbm.xml"/}}

To our knownledge none of the available files of the classloader in XWiki Standard contain any strong confidential data, hence the low confidentiality value of this advisory.

Patches

The issue is patched in versions 14.0 and 13.10.3.

Workarounds

There's no easy workaround for this issue, administrators should upgrade their wiki.

References

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Severity

Low
2.7
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

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

CVE ID

CVE-2022-29253

Weaknesses