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Vulnerability · Published Nov 7, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-46244Privilege escalation in Xwiki platform

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity incorrect authorization 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 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible for a user to write a script in which any velocity content is executed with the right of any other document content author. Since this API require programming right and the user does not have it, the expected result is `$doc.document.authors.contentAuthor` (not executed script), unfortunately with the security vulnerability it is possible for the attacker to get `XWiki.superadmin` which shows that the title was executed with the right of the unmodified document. This has been patched in XWiki versions 14.10.7 and 15.2RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-display-api14.10.7GHSA-rmxw-c48h-2vf5
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-display-api15.2-rc-1GHSA-rmxw-c48h-2vf5

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
xwiki xwiki-platform >= 3.2-milestone-3, < 14.10.7

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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