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Vulnerability · Published Jun 23, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-35161XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication page

Critical 9.7

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in xwiki-platform from xwiki. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.4% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.7Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.4%top 16.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the DeleteApplication page to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > xwiki/bin/view/AppWithinMinutes/DeleteApplication?appName=Menu&resolve=true&xredirect=javascript:alert(document.domain). This vulnerability exists since XWiki 6.2-milestone-1. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-appwithinminutes-ui14.10.5GHSA-4xm7-5q79-3fch
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-appwithinminutes-ui15.1-rc-1GHSA-4xm7-5q79-3fch

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
xwiki xwiki-platform >= 6.2-milestone-1, < 14.10.5>= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.1-rc-1

Weakness: CWE-87 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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