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GHSA-3HJG-CGHV-22WW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-20 22:04 – Updated: 2023-04-28 19:57
VLAI
Summary
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-attachment-ui vulnerable to Code Injection
Details

Impact

A registered user can perform remote code execution leading to privilege escalation by injecting the proper code in the "property" field of an attachment selector, as a gadget of their own dashboard. Note that the vulnerability does not impact comments of a wiki.

Patches

The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.2, 15.0-rc-1.

Workarounds

The problem can be worked around by applying following changes directly in XWiki.AttachmentSelector page: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/5e8725b4272cd3e5be09d3ca84273be2da6869c1.

References

  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20364
  • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/5e8725b4272cd3e5be09d3ca84273be2da6869c1

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org * Email us at Security Mailing List

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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