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CVE-2023-34464

CRITICAL

XWiki vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via any wiki document and the displaycontent/rendercontent template

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

Summary

### Impact Any user who can edit a document in a wiki like the user profile can create a stored XSS attack by putting plain HTML code into that document and then tricking another user to visit that document with the `displaycontent` or `rendercontent` template and plain output syntax. For example, edit any document with the wiki editor and set the content to `<script>alert(1)</script>` , save and then append the parameters `?viewer=displaycontent&sheet=&outputSyntax=plain`. If this displays an alert, the installation is vulnerable. If a user with programming rights is tricked into visiting such a URL, arbitrary actions be performed with this user's rights, impacting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the whole XWiki installation. ### Patches This has been patched in XWiki 14.4.8, 14.10.5 and 15.1RC1 by setting the content type of the response to plain text when the output syntax is not an HTML syntax. ### Workarounds The [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/53e8292a31ec70fba5e1d705a4ac443658b9e6df#diff-e332fba67335bd2202bdac144be7cd244a16cef0ccee741f9c20025a981027d5) can be manually applied to the `rendercontent.vm` template in an existing installation to patch this vulnerability without upgrading. ### References * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20290 * https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/53e8292a31ec70fba5e1d705a4ac443658b9e6df

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web to 14.4.8 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 14.4.8 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates to 14.10.5 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 14.10.5 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates to 15.1-rc-1 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 15.1-rc-1 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates to 14.4.8 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 14.4.8 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates -->

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

Affected Packages (4)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web
maven
All versions14.4.8
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
maven
All versions14.10.5
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
maven
All versions15.1-rc-1
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
maven
All versions14.4.8

Vulnerability Classification

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

  • CWE-79
    Cross-site Scripting (XSS)MITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.0 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-34464?
XWiki vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via any wiki document and the displaycontent/rendercontent template This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.0/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2023-34464?
CVE-2023-34464 affects org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web and org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2023-34464 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.0

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-fp7h-f9f5-x4q7

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