PT-2023-22300 · Xwiki · Xwiki Platform

Michael Hamann · Published 2023-04-18 · Updated 2023-04-28 · CVE-2023-29521

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XWiki Platform versions prior to 13.10.11 XWiki Platform versions prior to 14.4.8 XWiki Platform versions prior to 14.10.2 XWiki Platform versions prior to 15.0-rc-1

Description Any user with view rights 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 Macro.VFSTreeMacro. This page is not installed by default.

Recommendations For versions prior to 13.10.11, upgrade to version 13.10.11 or later. For versions prior to 14.4.8, upgrade to version 14.4.8 or later. For versions prior to 14.10.2, upgrade to version 14.10.2 or later. For versions prior to 15.0-rc-1, upgrade to version 15.0-rc-1 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider applying the patch on Macro.VFSTreeMacro to fix the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-29521

GHSA-P67Q-H88V-5JGR

Affected Products

Xwiki Platform

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29521.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr · Exploit
• 🔥 https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260 · Exploit
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fad02328f5ec7ab7fe5b932ffb5bc5c1ba7a5b12 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29521 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29521 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/48555 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/62438 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/48554 · Telegram Post