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CVE-2023-45137

CRITICAL

XWiki Platform vulnerable to XSS with edit right in the create document form for existing pages

Published October 25, 2023Updated November 8, 2023Source: osv

Summary

### Impact When trying to create a document that already exists, XWiki displays an error message in the form for creating it. Due to missing escaping, this error message is vulnerable to raw HTML injection and thus XSS. The injected code is the document reference of the existing document so this requires that the attacker first creates a non-empty document whose name contains the attack code. To reproduce, the following steps can be used: 1. Go to `<xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/create/Main/WebHome?parent=&templateprovider=&spaceReference=&name=%3Cimg%20onerror=%22alert(1)%22%20src=%22test%22` where `<xwiki-host>` is the URL of your XWiki installation. 2. Create the page and add some content. 3. Go again to `<xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/create/Main/WebHome?parent=&templateprovider=&spaceReference=&name=%3Cimg%20onerror=%22alert(1)%22%20src=%22test%22` where `<xwiki-host>` is the URL of your XWiki installation. If an alert with content "1" is displayed, the installation is vulnerable. 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. ### Patches This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.12 and 15.5RC1 by adding the appropriate escaping. ### Workarounds The vulnerable template file createinline.vm is part of XWiki's WAR and can be patched by manually applying the [changes from the fix](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ed8ec747967f8a16434806e727a57214a8843581#diff-c222148bddebe4ff7629350f4053b618504a4ab172e697938c8fddf7c1fc6bc8).

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web to 13.4-rc-1 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 13.4-rc-1 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates to 14.10.12 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 14.10.12 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates to 15.5-rc-1 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 15.5-rc-1 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates -->

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

Affected Packages (3)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web
maven
All versions13.4-rc-1
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
maven
All versions14.10.12
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
maven
All versions15.5-rc-1

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-2023-45137?
XWiki Platform vulnerable to XSS with edit right in the create document form for existing pages 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-2023-45137?
CVE-2023-45137 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-2023-45137 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-93gh-jgjj-r929

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