VDB-226788 · CVE-2023-29525 · GHSA-jgg7-w2rj-58cj

XWiki xwiki-platform-distribution-war prior 14.4.8/14.10.3/15.0-rc-1 LegacyNotificationAdministration since escape output

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in XWiki xwiki-platform-distribution-war and xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/Notifications/Code/LegacyNotificationAdministration. The manipulation of the argument since results in escape output. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-29525. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in XWiki xwiki-platform-distribution-war and xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui (Content Management System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the file /xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/Notifications/Code/LegacyNotificationAdministration. The manipulation of the argument since with an unknown input leads to a escape output vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-116. The product prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Affected versions of xwiki are subject to code injection in the `since` parameter of the `/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/Notifications/Code/LegacyNotificationAdministration` endpoint. This provides an XWiki syntax injection attack via the since-parameter, allowing privilege escalation from view to programming rights and subsequent code execution privilege. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8 and 14.10.3. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may modify the page `XWiki.Notifications.Code.LegacyNotificationAdministration` to add the missing escaping. For versions /templates/distribution/eventmigration.wiki` to add the missing escaping.

The weakness was presented 04/19/2023 as GHSA-jgg7-w2rj-58cj. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-29525 since 04/07/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 14.4.8, 14.10.3 or 15.0-rc-1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 6d74e2e4aa03d19f0be385ab63ae9e0f0e90a766 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Vendor

XWiki

Name

License

open-source

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 9.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Escape output
CWE: CWE-116 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: xwiki-platform-distribution-war/xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui 14.4.8/14.10.3/15.0-rc-1
Patch: 6d74e2e4aa03d19f0be385ab63ae9e0f0e90a766

Timelineinfo

04/07/2023 🔍
04/19/2023 +12 days 🔍
04/19/2023 +0 days 🔍
05/13/2023 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-jgg7-w2rj-58cj
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-29525 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-29525
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-226788

Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2023 07:04
Updated: 05/13/2023 16:53
Changes: 04/19/2023 07:04 (53), 05/13/2023 16:53 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103