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CVE-2023-45136: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

October 25, 2023

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. When document names are validated according to a name strategy (disabled by default), XWiki starting in version 12.0-rc-1 and prior to versions 12.10.12 and 15.5-rc-1 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting attack in the page creation form. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary actions with the rights of the user opening the malicious link. Depending on the rights of the user, this may allow remote code execution and full read and write access to the whole XWiki installation. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.12 and 15.5-rc-1 by adding appropriate escaping. The vulnerable template file createinline.vm is part of XWiki’s WAR and can be patched by manually applying the changes from the fix.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-qcj9-gcpg-4w2w
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ba56fda175156dd35035f2b8c86cbd8ef1f90c2e
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qcj9-gcpg-4w2w
  • jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20854

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 12.0-rc-1 before 14.10.12, all versions starting from 15.0-rc-1 before 15.5-rc-1

Fixed versions

  • 14.10.12
  • 15.5-rc-1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 14.10.12, 15.5-rc-1 or above. *Note*: 15.5-rc-1 may be an unstable version. Use caution.

Impact 9.6 CRITICAL

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-web-templates/CVE-2023-45136.yml

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