XWiki 14.4/14.10 Arbitrary Script Exec in XWiki Commons via Escaping
CVE-2023-29212 Published on April 16, 2023
xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-panels-ui Eval Injection vulnerability
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with edit rights can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the included pages in the included documents edit panel. The problem has been patched on XWiki 14.4.7, and 14.10.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-29212 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2023-29212. 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
What is an Eval Injection Vulnerability?
The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes code syntax before using the input in a dynamic evaluation call (e.g. "eval"). This may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, or at least modify what code can be executed.
CVE-2023-29212 has been classified to as an Eval Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-29212
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Affected Versions
xwiki-platform:- Version >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.7 is affected.
- Version >= 14.5, < 14.10 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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