XWiki Commons RCE via Profile Edit in 3.1-milestone-1 (fixed 13.10.9/14.4.4/14.7RC1)
CVE-2023-26055 Published on March 2, 2023
XWiki Commons may allow privilege escalation to programming rights via user's first name
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Starting in version 3.1-milestone-1, any user can edit their own profile and inject code, which is going to be executed with programming right. The same vulnerability can also be exploited in all other places where short text properties are displayed, e.g., in apps created using Apps Within Minutes that use a short text field. The problem has been patched on versions 13.10.9, 14.4.4, 14.7RC1.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-26055 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component. As data is parsed, an injected/absent/malformed delimiter may cause the process to take unexpected actions.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-26055
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Affected Versions
xwiki-commons:- Version >= 3.1-milestone-1, < 13.10.9 is affected.
- Version >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.4 is affected.
- Version >= 14.5, < 14.7-rc-1 is affected.
Vulnerable Packages
The following package name and versions may be associated with CVE-2023-26055
| Package Manager | Vulnerable Package | Versions | Fixed In |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml | >= 3.1-milestone-1, < 13.10.9 | 13.10.9 |
| maven | org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml | >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.4 | 14.4.4 |
| maven | org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml | >= 14.5, < 14.7-rc-1 | 14.7-rc-1 |
Exploit Probability
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