xwiki-platform up to 15.10.15/16.4.6/16.10.1 DBMS_XMLGEN/DBMS_XMLQUERY sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in xwiki-platform up to 15.10.15/16.4.6/16.10.1 and classified as critical. The affected element is the function DBMS_XMLGEN/DBMS_XMLQUERY. Such manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-56158. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in xwiki-platform up to 15.10.15/16.4.6/16.10.1. Affected by this issue is the function DBMS_XMLGEN/DBMS_XMLQUERY. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. It's possible to execute any SQL query in Oracle by using the function like DBMS_XMLGEN or DBMS_XMLQUERY. The XWiki query validator does not sanitize functions that would be used in a simple select and Hibernate allows using any native function in an HQL query. This vulnerability is fixed in 16.10.2, 16.4.7, and 15.10.16.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-56158 since 12/17/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

Upgrading to version 15.10.16, 16.4.7 or 16.10.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-54677). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• xwiki-platform

Version

• 15.10.0
• 15.10.1
• 15.10.2
• 15.10.3
• 15.10.4
• 15.10.5
• 15.10.6
• 15.10.7
• 15.10.8
• 15.10.9
• 15.10.10
• 15.10.11
• 15.10.12
• 15.10.13
• 15.10.14
• 15.10.15
• 16.4.0
• 16.4.1
• 16.4.2
• 16.4.3
• 16.4.4
• 16.4.5
• 16.4.6
• 16.10.0
• 16.10.1

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