Headline
GHSA-px54-3w5j-qjg9: XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation from view right using Invitation.InvitationCommon
Impact
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 Invitation.InvitationCommon. This page is installed by default.
See https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20283 for the reproduction steps.
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 Invitation.InvitationCommon.
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/3d055a0a5ec42fdebce4d71ee98f94553fdbfebf
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20283
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
Package
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui (Maven)
Affected versions
>= 2.5-m-1, < 13.10.11
>= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8
>= 14.5, < 14.10.1
Patched versions
13.10.11
14.4.8
14.10.1
Description
Impact
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 Invitation.InvitationCommon. This page is installed by default.
See https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20283 for the reproduction steps.
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 Invitation.InvitationCommon.
References
- xwiki/xwiki-platform@3d055a0
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20283
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
References
- GHSA-px54-3w5j-qjg9
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29518
- xwiki/xwiki-platform@3d055a0
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20283
tmortagne published to xwiki/xwiki-platform
Apr 18, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 20, 2023
Reviewed
Apr 20, 2023
Last updated
Apr 20, 2023
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XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. 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 `Invitation.InvitationCommon`. This page is installed by default. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.