Privilege Context Switching Error Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore package, versions [2.3-milestone-1,13.10.11) [14.0-rc-1,14.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-3338533
  • 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 Privilege Context Switching Error such that the annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the rights of the author of any document by annotating the document.

PoC

{{groovy}}print "hello"{{/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