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CVE-2023-37909

CRITICAL
Published 2023-10-25T17:09:59.187Z
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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
0.105
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 10.5% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.929
Higher than 92.9% 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. Starting in version 5.1-rc-1 and prior to versions 14.10.8 and 15.3-rc-1, any user who can edit their own user profile 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 14.10.8 and 15.3-rc-1 by adding proper escaping. As a workaround, the patch can be manually applied to the document `Menu.UIExtensionSheet`; only three lines need to be changed.

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Affected Products

GitHub Security Advisories

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✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Privilege escalation (PR)/remote code execution from account through Menu.UIExtensionSheet

GHSA-v2rr-xw95-wcjx

Advisory Details

### Impact Any user who can edit their own user profile 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. As an advanced user, use the object editor to add an object of type `UIExtensionClass` to your user profile. Set the value "Extension Point ID" to `{{/html}}{{async async=false cache=false}}{{groovy}}println("Hello from Groovy!"){{/groovy}}{{/async}}` 2. Open `<xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/edit/XWiki/<username>?sheet=Menu.UIExtensionSheet` where `<xwiki-host>` is the URL of your XWiki installation and `<username>` is your user name. If the text `Hello from Groovy!" selected="selected">` is displayed in the output, the attack succeeded. ### Patches This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.8 and 15.3 RC1 by adding proper escaping. ### Workarounds The [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9e8f080094333dec63a8583229a3799208d773be#diff-47a5652d0c8e4601dac12bd9ab34b8bd688cb22a1b758ce7b774043658834662) can be manually applied to the document `Menu.UIExtensionSheet`, only three lines need to be changed. ### References * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20746 * https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9e8f080094333dec63a8583229a3799208d773be

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu
ECOSYSTEM: ≥5.1-rc-1 <14.10.8
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu-ui
ECOSYSTEM: ≥5.1-rc-1 <14.10.8
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu-ui
ECOSYSTEM: ≥15.0-rc-1 <15.3-rc-1

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 25, 2023, Modified: November 1, 2023

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Published: 2023-10-25T17:09:59.187Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-17T13:37:52.375Z
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