Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore package, versions [14.4.1,14.4.7) [14.5,14.10)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.36% (73rd
percentile)
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-5421185
- published 13 Apr 2023
- disclosed 12 Apr 2023
- credit tmortagne
Introduced: 12 Apr 2023
CVE-2023-29507 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to version 14.4.7, 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 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs such that the Document script API returns directly a DocumentAuthors allowing to set any authors to the document, which in consequence can allow subsequent executions of scripts since this author is used for checking rights.
PoC
{{velocity}}
$doc.setContent('{{velocity}}$xcontext.context.authorReference{{/velocity}}')
$doc.authors.setContentAuthor('xwiki:XWiki.superadmin')
$doc.getRenderedContent()
{{/velocity}}
References
CVSS Scores
version 3.1