xwikisas xwiki-pro-macros up to 1.10.0 Viewpdf Macro CKEditor.HTMLConverter injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in xwikisas xwiki-pro-macros up to 1.10.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file CKEditor.HTMLConverter of the component Viewpdf Macro. Performing a manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-42489. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in xwikisas xwiki-pro-macros up to 1.10.0. This affects some unknown functionality of the file CKEditor.HTMLConverter of the component Viewpdf Macro. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Pro Macros provides XWiki rendering macros. Missing escaping in the Viewpdf macro allows any user with view right on the `CKEditor.HTMLConverter` page or edit or comment right on any page to perform remote code execution. Other macros like Viewppt are vulnerable to the same kind of attack. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.10.1.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-42489 since 08/02/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.10.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• xwikisas

Name

• xwiki-pro-macros

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10.0

Website

• Product: https://github.com/xwikisas/xwiki-pro-macros/

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