GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/04/GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668/GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668

Aliases

CVE-2023-29511

Published

2023-04-12T20:36:56Z

Modified

2023-11-08T04:12:19.590325Z

Severity

9.9 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator

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.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org
Email us at Security Mailing List

Database specific

{
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-04-16T08:15:00Z",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-04-12T20:36:56Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-95"
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui

Package

Name: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-administration-ui

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

1.5M2

Fixed

13.10.11

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui

Package

Name: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-administration-ui

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

14.0-rc-1

Fixed

14.4.8

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui

Package

Name: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-administration-ui

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

14.5

Fixed

14.10.1