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FKIE_CVE-2023-35162

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-06-23 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:04
Severity
9.6 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the previewactions template to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > <hostname>/xwiki/bin/get/FlamingoThemes/Cerulean xpage=xpart&vm=previewactions.vm&xcontinue=javascript:alert(document.domain). This vulnerability exists since XWiki 6.1-rc-1. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9f01166b1a8ee9639666099eb5040302df067e4dPatch, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q9hg-9qj2-mxf9Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20342Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9f01166b1a8ee9639666099eb5040302df067e4dPatch, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q9hg-9qj2-mxf9Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20342Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xwiki xwiki *
xwiki xwiki 6.1
xwiki xwiki 6.1
xwiki xwiki 6.1
xwiki xwiki 6.1
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