Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-37913org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-office-importer vulnerable to arbitrary server side file writing from account through office converter

Critical 10.0

In plain English

A critical-severity path traversal in xwiki-platform from xwiki. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)10.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 28.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Starting in version 3.5-milestone-1 and prior to versions 14.10.8 and 15.3-rc-1, triggering the office converter with a specially crafted file name allows writing the attachment's content to an attacker-controlled location on the server as long as the Java process has write access to that location. In particular in the combination with attachment moving, a feature introduced in XWiki 14.0, this is easy to reproduce but it also possible to reproduce in versions as old as XWiki 3.5 by uploading the attachment through the REST API which doesn't remove `/` or `\` from the filename. As the mime type of the attachment doesn't matter for the exploitation, this could e.g., be used to replace the `jar`-file of an extension which would allow executing arbitrary Java code and thus impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the XWiki installation. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.8 and 15.3RC1. There are no known workarounds apart from disabling the office converter.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-office-importer14.10.8GHSA-vcvr-v426-3m3m
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-office-importer15.3-rc-1GHSA-vcvr-v426-3m3m

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
xwiki xwiki-platform >= 3.5-milestone-1, < 14.10.8>= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.3-rc-1

Weakness: CWE-23, CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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