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XWiki Platform vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in the deleted attachments list

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 8, 2022 in xwiki/xwiki-platform • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-index-ui (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 2.2-milestone-1, < 13.10.6
>= 14.0, < 14.3

Patched versions

13.10.6
14.3

Description

Impact

It's possible to store a JavaScript which will be executed by anyone viewing the deleted attachments index with an attachment containing javascript in its name.

For example, attachment a file with name ><img src=1 onerror=alert(1)>.jpg will execute the alert.

Patches

This issue has been patched in XWiki 13.10.6 and 14.3.

Workarounds

It is possible to modify fix the vulnerability by editing the wiki page XWiki.DeletedAttachments with the object editor, open the JavaScriptExtension object and apply on the content the changes that can be found on the commit xwiki/xwiki-platform@6705b0c.

References

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References

@surli surli published to xwiki/xwiki-platform Sep 8, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 8, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 16, 2022
Reviewed Sep 16, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High
8.9
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2022-36096

GHSA ID

GHSA-gjmq-x5x7-wc36

Source code

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