Headline
GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr: XWiki Platform vulnerable to code injection from account/view through VFS Tree macro
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 Macro.VFSTreeMacro. This page is not installed by default.
See https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260 for the reproduction steps.
Patches
The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.2, 14.4.8, 13.10.11.
Workarounds
The issue can be fixed by applying this patch on Macro.VFSTreeMacro.
References
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fad02328f5ec7ab7fe5b932ffb5bc5c1ba7a5b12
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-vfs-ui (Maven)
Affected versions
>= 7.4-milestone-2, < 13.10.11
>= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8
>= 14.5, < 14.10.2
Patched versions
13.10.11
14.4.8
14.10.2
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 Macro.VFSTreeMacro. This page is not installed by default.
See https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260 for the reproduction steps.
Patches
The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.2, 14.4.8, 13.10.11.
Workarounds
The issue can be fixed by applying this patch on Macro.VFSTreeMacro.
References
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260
- xwiki/xwiki-platform@fad0232
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-p67q-h88v-5jgr
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29521
- xwiki/xwiki-platform@fad0232
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260
tmortagne published to xwiki/xwiki-platform
Apr 18, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 20, 2023
Reviewed
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 `Macro.VFSTreeMacro`. This page is not installed by default.This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.2, 14.4.8, 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.