CVE-2023-29522
Any user with view rights can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with view rights can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents. The attack works by opening a non-existing page with a name crafted to contain a dangerous payload. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.4.8, 14.10.3 and 15.0RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.86% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- xwiki/xwiki
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d7e56185376641ee5d66477c6b2791ca8e85cfeePatch
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-mjw9-3f9f-jq2wExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20456Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d7e56185376641ee5d66477c6b2791ca8e85cfeePatch
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-mjw9-3f9f-jq2wExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20456Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.