Access Control Bypass Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore package, versions [13.10,13.10.11) [14.0-rc-1,14.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-3338532
  • published 3 Mar 2023
  • disclosed 3 Mar 2023
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to version 13.10.11, 14.10 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 Access Control Bypass such that it is possible to use the right of an existing document content author to execute a text area property. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10, 14.4.7, and 13.10.11. There are no known workarounds.

PoC

{{groovy}}println("hello from groovy!"){{/groovy}}

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.4 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

8.8 high