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GHSA-2r87-74cx-2p7c

CriticalCVSS 9.9 / 10

Published Dec 12, 2024·Last modified Dec 12, 2024

Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

Any user with an account can perform arbitrary remote code execution by adding instances of XWiki.WikiMacroClass to any page. This compromises the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation.

To reproduce on a instance, as a connected user without script nor programming rights, go to your user profile and add an object of type XWiki.WikiMacroClass. Set "Macro Id", "Macro Name" and "Macro Code" to any value, "Macro Visibility" to Current User and "Macro Description" to {{async}}{{groovy}}println("Hello from User macro!"){{/groovy}}{{/async}}. Save the page, then go to <host>/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/XWikiSyntaxMacrosList. If the description of your new macro reads "Hello from User macro!", then your instance is vulnerable.

Patches

This vulnerability has been fixed in XWiki 15.10.11, 16.4.1 and 16.5.0.

Workarounds

It is possible to manually apply this patch to the page XWiki.XWikiSyntaxMacrosList.

References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22030
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/40e1afe001d61eafdf13f3621b4b597a0e58a3e3

Risk Scores

Base Score

9.9

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence

9.1

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS

N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit

Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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