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CVE-2023-29525 — Vulnerability in...

CRITICAL

XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation from view right on XWiki.Notifications.Code.LegacyNotificationAdministration

Published April 20, 2023Updated November 8, 2023Source: osv

Summary

### Impact Steps to reproduce: Open <xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/Notifications/Code/LegacyNotificationAdministration?since=%7B%7B%2Fhtml%7D%7D+%7B%7Basync+async%3D%22true%22+cached%3D%22false%22+context%3D%22doc.reference%22%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+%22+%2B+%22from+groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D, where <xwiki-host> is the URL of your XWiki installation. This demonstrates an XWiki syntax injection attack via the since-parameter, allowing privilege escalation from view to programming rights. ### Patches The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8 and 14.10.3. ### Workarounds For versions >= 14.6-rc-1 the workaround is to modify the page `XWiki.Notifications.Code.LegacyNotificationAdministration` to add the missing escaping, as described on https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/8e7c7f90f2ddaf067cb5b83b181af41513028754#diff-4e13f4ee4a42938bf1201b7ee71ca32edeacba22559daf0bcb89d534e0225949R70 For versions < 14.6-rc-1 the workaround is to modify the file `<xwikiwebapp>/templates/distribution/eventmigration.wiki` to add the missing escaping, as described on https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/6d74e2e4aa03d19f0be385ab63ae9e0f0e90a766 ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20287 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/) * Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)

Advisory Timeline

  • First published April 20, 2023 (1271 days ago).
  • Last revised November 8, 2023 — 201 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui to 14.10.3 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 14.10.3 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war to 13.10.11 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 13.10.11 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war to 14.4.8 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 14.4.8 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war to 14.6-rc-1 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 14.6-rc-1 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war -->

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (4)

Affects 1 ecosystem: maven (2).

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.9 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-29525?
XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation from view right on XWiki.Notifications.Code.LegacyNotificationAdministration This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.9/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2023-29525?
CVE-2023-29525 affects org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui and org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2023-29525 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.9

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-jgg7-w2rj-58cj

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