Headline
GHSA-j584-j2vj-3f93: XWiki Platform allows remote code execution from user account
Impact
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.
Patches
This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.6 and 16.0.0.
Workarounds
We’re not aware of any workaround except upgrading.
References
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21611
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f89c8f47fad6e5cc7e68c69a7e0acde07f5eed5a
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- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2024-37899
XWiki Platform allows remote code execution from user account
Package
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven)
Affected versions
>= 13.4.7, < 13.5
>= 13.10.3, < 14.10.21
>= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.5
>= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10.6
>= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.0.0
Patched versions
14.10.21
14.10.21
15.5.5
15.10.6
16.0.0
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jun 20, 2024