Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore package, versions [,12.10.6)[13.0, 13.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-2395389
  • published6 Feb 2022
  • disclosed6 Feb 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-43841  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to version 12.10.6, 13.3 or higher.

Overview

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution when an application using this library is using the default XWiki configuration. A malicious actor can upload an SVG file containing a script that is executed when executing the download action on the file.

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