Vulnerability · Published Oct 25, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-45134XWiki Platform XSS vulnerability from account in the create page form via template provider

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity cross-site scripting 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 2.0% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.0%top 19.0% 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. `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web` starting in version 3.1-milestone-1 and prior to 13.4-rc-1, `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates` prior to versions 14.10.2 and 15.5-rc-1, and `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-web-standard` starting in version 2.4-milestone-2 and prior to version 3.1-milestone-1 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. An attacker can create a template provider on any document that is part of the wiki (could be the attacker's user profile) that contains malicious code. This code is executed when this template provider is selected during document creation which can be triggered by sending the user to a URL. For the attacker, the only requirement is to have an account as by default the own user profile is editable. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary actions with the rights of the user opening the malicious link. Depending on the rights of the user, this may allow remote code execution and full read and write access to the whole XWiki installation. This has been patched in `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web` 13.4-rc-1, `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates` 14.10.2 and 15.5-rc-1, and `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-web-standard` 3.1-milestone-1 by adding the appropriate escaping. The vulnerable template file createinline.vm is part of XWiki's WAR and can be patched by manually applying the changes from the fix.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web13.4-rc-1GHSA-gr82-8fj2-ggc3
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates14.10.12GHSA-gr82-8fj2-ggc3
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates15.5-rc-1GHSA-gr82-8fj2-ggc3
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-web-standard3.1-milestone-1GHSA-gr82-8fj2-ggc3

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
xwiki xwiki-platform >= 3.1-milestone-1, < 13.4-rc-1>= 2.4-milestone-2, < 3.1-milestone-1>= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.10.12>= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5-rc-1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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