CVE-2023-26474

CRITICAL9.9EPSS 2.1%

XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation via properties with wiki syntax that are executed with wrong author

Published: 3/3/2023Modified: 11/8/2023
Also known as:GHSA-3738-p9x3-mv9r

Description

### Impact It's possible to use the right of an existing document content author to execute a text area property. To reproduce: * As an admin with programming rights, create a new user without script or programming right. * Login with the freshly created user. * Insert the following text in source mode in the about section: ``` {{groovy}}println("hello from groovy!"){{/groovy}} ``` * Click "Save & View" ### Patches This has been patched in XWiki 14.10, 14.4.7, and 13.10.11. ### Workarounds No known workaround. ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20373 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira](http://jira.xwiki.org/) * Email us at [Security ML](mailto:[email protected])

Affected packages (2)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1CRITICAL9.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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