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CVE-2023-36469

CRITICAL
Published 2023-06-29T20:38:52.760Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
10.0
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.471
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 47.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.975
Higher than 97.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user who can edit their own user profile and notification settings can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.6 and 15.2RC1. Users are advised to update. As a workaround the main security fix can be manually applied by patching the affected document `XWiki.Notifications.Code.NotificationRSSService`. This will break the link to the differences, though as this requires additional changes to Velocity templates as shown in the patch. While the default template is available in the instance and can be easily patched, the template for mentions is contained in a `.jar`-file and thus cannot be fixed without replacing that jar.

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Affected Products

GitHub Security Advisories

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✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL

XWiki Platform vulnerable to Code injection through NotificationRSSService

GHSA-94pf-92hw-2hjc

Advisory Details

### Impact Any user who can edit their own user profile and notification settings can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents. This can be reproduced with the following steps: 1. Login as a user without script or programming right. 2. Go to the notifications preferences in your user profile. 3. Disable the "Own Events Filter" and enable notifications in the notification menu for "Like". 4. Set your first name to `{{cache id="security" timeToLive="1"}}{{groovy}}println("Hello from groovy!"){{/groovy}}{{/cache}}` 5. Click on the like button at the bottom left of the user profile. 6. Click on the notifications bell in the top bar and then on "RSS Feed". If the text "Profile of Hello from groovy!" and/or "liked by Hello from groovy!" is displayed, the attack succeeded. The expected result would have been that the entered first name is displayed as-is in the description of the feed. ### Patches This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.6 and 15.2RC1. ### Workarounds The main security fix can be manually applied by patching the affected document `XWiki.Notifications.Code.NotificationRSSService` as shown in the [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/217e5bb7a657f2991b154a16ef4d5ae9c29ad39c#diff-7221a548809fa2ba34348556f4b5bd436463c559ebdf691197932ee7ce4478ca). This will break the link to the differences, though as this requires additional changes to Velocity templates as shown in the patch. While the [default](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/217e5bb7a657f2991b154a16ef4d5ae9c29ad39c#diff-b261c6eac3108c3e6e734054c28a78f59d3439ab72fe8582dadf87670a0d15a4) template is available in the instance and can be easily patched, the template for mentions is contained in a `.jar`-file and thus cannot be fixed without replacing that jar. ### References * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20610 * https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/217e5bb7a657f2991b154a16ef4d5ae9c29ad39c

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui
ECOSYSTEM: ≥9.6-rc-1 <14.10.6
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-ui
ECOSYSTEM: ≥15.0-rc-1 <15.2-rc-1

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 30, 2023, Modified: June 30, 2023

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Published: 2023-06-29T20:38:52.760Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-26T19:14:16.578Z
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