Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-appwithinminutes-ui package, versions [4.3-milestone-2,14.10.5)[15.0-rc-1,15.1-rc-1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-5848026
  • published22 Aug 2023
  • disclosed21 Aug 2023
  • credit@michitux

Introduced: 21 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-40177  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-appwithinminutes-ui to version 14.10.5, 15.1-rc-1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Any registered user can use the content field of their user profile page to execute arbitrary scripts with programming rights, thus effectively performing rights escalation.

CVSS Scores

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