CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-26478

Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

Published: Mar 02, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 14.3-rc-1, org.xwiki.store.script.TemporaryAttachmentsScriptService#uploadTemporaryAttachment returns an instance of com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiAttachment. This class is not supported to be exposed to users without the programing right. com.xpn.xwiki.api.Attachment should be used instead and takes case of checking the users rights before performing dangerous operations. This has been patched in versions 14.9-rc-1 and 14.4.6. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Weakness

The product provides an Applications Programming Interface (API) or similar interface for interaction with external actors, but the interface includes a dangerous method or function that is not properly restricted.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xwiki Xwiki 14.3 (including) 14.4.6 (excluding)
Xwiki Xwiki 14.5 (including) 14.9 (excluding)

Extended Description

This weakness can lead to a wide variety of resultant weaknesses, depending on the behavior of the exposed method. It can apply to any number of technologies and approaches, such as ActiveX controls, Java functions, IOCTLs, and so on. The exposure can occur in a few different ways:

Potential Mitigations

  • Identify all exposed functionality. Explicitly list all functionality that must be exposed to some user or set of users. Identify which functionality may be:

  • Ensure that the implemented code follows these expectations. This includes setting the appropriate access modifiers where applicable (public, private, protected, etc.) or not marking ActiveX controls safe-for-scripting.

References