XWiki Platform prior 14.4.8/14.10.6/15.2-rc-1 Macro code injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in XWiki Platform. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Macro Handler. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-37914. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in XWiki Platform (Content Management System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Macro Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user who can view `Invitation.WebHome` 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. This vulnerability has been patched on XWiki 14.4.8, 15.2-rc-1, and 14.10.6. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may manually apply the patch on `Invitation.InvitationCommon` and `Invitation.InvitationConfig`, but there are otherwise no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The weakness was published 08/17/2023 as GHSA-7954-6m9q-gpvf. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-37914 since 07/10/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 14.4.8, 14.10.6 or 15.2-rc-1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ff1d8a1790c6ee534c6a4478360a06efeb2d3591 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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• Content Management System

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• XWiki

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• Platform

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• open-source

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