XWiki Annotation Displayer RCE in <13.10.11, <14.4.7
CVE-2023-26475 Published on March 2, 2023

XWiki Platform vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in Annotations
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 2.3-milestone-1, the annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document. This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10. There is no easy workaround except to upgrade.

Github Repository NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-26475 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.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Types

Privilege Context Switching Error

The software does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control.

Improper Privilege Management

The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-26475

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Affected Versions

xwiki-platform:

Vulnerable Packages

The following package name and versions may be associated with CVE-2023-26475

Package Manager Vulnerable Package Versions Fixed In
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui >= 2.3-milestone-1, < 13.10.11 13.10.11
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.7 14.4.7
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui >= 14.5, < 14.10 14.10

Exploit Probability

EPSS
34.75%
Percentile
97.10%

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