Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates package, versions [,13.10.11)[14.0-rc-1,14.4.8)[14.5,14.10.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-5430853
  • published19 Apr 2023
  • disclosed19 Apr 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-29512  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates to version 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.1 or higher.

Overview

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates is a Web Resources for the XWiki platform.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') due to improper escaping of the information loaded from attachments in imported.vm, importinline.vm, and packagelist.vm.

Exploiting this vulnerability is possible by any user with edit rights on a page (e.g., it's own user page), and it allows execution of arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation.

CVSS Scores

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