Eval Injection Affecting org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu-ui package, versions [,14.10.8)[15.0-rc-1,15.3-rc-1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGXWIKIPLATFORM-6036201
  • published26 Oct 2023
  • disclosed25 Oct 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-37909  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-95  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu-ui to version 14.10.8, 15.3-rc-1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Eval Injection in UIExtensionClass. An attacker can execute arbitrary script macros, including Groovy and Python macros by editing their own user profile.

PoC

  1. As an advanced user, use the object editor to add an object of type UIExtensionClass to your user profile. Set the value "Extension Point ID" to {{/html}}{{async async=false cache=false}}{{groovy}}println("Hello from Groovy!"){{/groovy}}{{/async}}

  2. Open <xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/edit/XWiki/<username>?sheet=Menu.UIExtensionSheet

CVSS Scores

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