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CVE-2023-36469: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

June 30, 2023

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user who can edit their own user profile and notification settings 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. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.6 and 15.2RC1. Users are advised to update. As a workaround the main security fix can be manually applied by patching the affected document XWiki.Notifications.Code.NotificationRSSService. This will break the link to the differences, though as this requires additional changes to Velocity templates as shown in the patch. While the default template is available in the instance and can be easily patched, the template for mentions is contained in a .jar-file and thus cannot be fixed without replacing that jar.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-94pf-92hw-2hjc
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/217e5bb7a657f2991b154a16ef4d5ae9c29ad39c
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/217e5bb7a657f2991b154a16ef4d5ae9c29ad39c
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/217e5bb7a657f2991b154a16ef4d5ae9c29ad39c
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-94pf-92hw-2hjc
  • jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20610
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36469

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 9.6-rc-1 before 14.10.6, all versions starting from 15.0-rc-1 before 15.2-rc-1

Fixed versions

  • 14.10.6
  • 15.2-rc-1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 14.10.6, 15.2-rc-1 or above. *Note*: 15.2-rc-1 may be an unstable version. Use caution.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Source file

maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-notifications-ui/CVE-2023-36469.yml

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