CVE-2024-37899: XWiki Platform allows remote code execution from user account
(updated )
When an admin disables a user account, the user’s profile is executed with the admin’s rights. This allows a user to place malicious code in the user profile before getting an admin to disable the user account.
To reproduce, as a user without script nor programming rights, edit the about section of your user profile and add {{groovy}}services.logging.getLogger("attacker").error("Hello from Groovy!"){{/groovy}}.
As an admin, go to the user profile and click the “Disable this account” button.
Then, reload the page. If the logs show attacker - Hello from Groovy! then the instance is vulnerable.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-j584-j2vj-3f93
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/046c36519a2df392c922c16d0d38472b98c414d0
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/233b08b26580df4b7a595882dac65ed4e4a2419c
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/2b55c29562ccd20f8f0f85075f0c95b4ee9cd9be
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f8409419c5d0ddefe1bee55e73629a54275fa735
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f89c8f47fad6e5cc7e68c69a7e0acde07f5eed5a
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-j584-j2vj-3f93
- jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21611
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37899
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