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CVE-2023-46243

Code execution via the edit action in XWiki platform

Published: Nov 7, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-94
NVD MITRE
9.9CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 42.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible for a user to execute any content with the right of an existing document's content author, provided the user have edit right on it. A crafted URL of the form ` /xwiki/bin/edit//?content=%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+from+Groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D&xpage=view` can be used to execute arbitrary groovy code on the server. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki versions 14.10.6 and 15.2RC1. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

XWiki PlatformСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
xwiki-platformxwiki
On-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcoreMavenOSS Libraries
xwikixwiki
On-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
xwikioss-projectFRWeb & CMS Pluginsaka xwiki-platform, xwiki-commons
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a0e6ca083b36be6f183b9af33ae735c1e02010f4
github.com
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5w
github.com
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20385
jira.xwiki.org
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Timeline

Published
Nov 7, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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