CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-29213

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Published: Apr 17, 2023 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions of org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-logging-ui it is possible to trick a user with programming rights into visiting a constructed url where e.g., by embedding an image with this URL in a document that is viewed by a user with programming rights which will evaluate an expression in the constructed url and execute it. This issue has been addressed in versions 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xwiki Xwiki 4.2 (excluding) 13.10.11 (excluding)
Xwiki Xwiki 14.0 (excluding) 14.4.7 (excluding)
Xwiki Xwiki 14.5 (including) 14.10 (excluding)
Xwiki Xwiki 4.2 (including) 4.2 (including)
Xwiki Xwiki 4.2-milestone3 (including) 4.2-milestone3 (including)
Xwiki Xwiki 14.0 (including) 14.0 (including)
Xwiki Xwiki 14.0-rc1 (including) 14.0-rc1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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