Improper Input Validation Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tag-ui package, versions [0,13.10.6)[14.0-rc-1,14.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-3019827
  • published9 Sept 2022
  • disclosed9 Sept 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-36100  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tag-ui to version 13.10.6, 14.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation via the tags document Main.Tags, allowing users with view rights on the document (default in a public wiki or for authenticated users on private wikis) to execute arbitrary Groovy, Python and Velocity code with programming rights.

Workaround

Users who are not able to update to the fixed versions manually apply the patch that fixes the issue to the document Main.Tags, or the updated version of that document can be imported from version 14.4 of xwiki-platform-tag-ui using the import feature in the administration UI on XWiki 10.9 and later.

CVSS Scores

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