Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-war package, versions [,14.10.12) [15.0-rc-1,15.5-rc-1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-6036194
  • published 26 Oct 2023
  • disclosed 25 Oct 2023
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-war to version 14.10.12, 15.5-rc-1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output that allows an attacker to trick a victim into executing code when clicking the "Create" button on a malicious page, by passing a title to the page creation action that isn't initially displayed but has its contents executed.

PoC

<xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/create/NonExistingSpace/WebHome?title=$services.logging.getLogger(%22foo%22).error(%22Script%20executed!%22)

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
9 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

8 high