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XWiki Platform Web Parent POM vulnerable to XSS in the attachment history

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

Package

maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 1.0, < 13.10.6
>= 14.0, < 14.3-rc-1

Patched versions

13.10.6
14.3-rc-1

Description

Impact

It's possible to store a JavaScript which will be executed by anyone viewing the history of 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 14.3RC1.

Workarounds

It is possible to replace viewattachrev.vm, the entry point for this attack, by a patched version from the patch without updating XWiki.

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-2022-36094

GHSA ID

GHSA-mxf2-4r22-5hq9

Source code

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