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GHSA-c5v8-2q4r-5w9v

GitHub Security Advisory

XWiki Platform Mentions UI vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
It's possible to store Javascript or groovy scripts in an mention macro anchor or reference field. The stored code is executed by anyone visiting the page with the mention.

For example, the example below will create a file at `/tmp/exploit.txt`:

```
{{mention reference="XWiki.Translation" anchor="{{/html~}~}{{async async=~"true~" cached=~"false~" context=~"doc.reference~"~}~}{{groovy~}~}new File(~"/tmp/exploit.txt~").withWriter { out -> out.println(~"owned!~"); }{{/groovy~}~}{{/async~}~}"/}}
```

### Patches
This issue has been patched on XWiki 14.4 and 13.10.6.

### Workarounds
It's possible to fix the vulnerability by updating `XWiki.Mentions.MentionsMacro` and edit the `Macro code` field of the `XWiki.WikiMacroClass` XObject.

```velocity
<a id="$anchor" class="$stringtool.join($cssClasses, ' ')" data-reference="$services.model.serialize($reference.reference, 'default')" href="$link">$content</a>
```

Must be replaced by

```velocity
<a id="$escapetool.xml($anchor)" class="$stringtool.join($cssClasses, ' ')" data-reference="$escapetool.xml($services.model.serialize($reference.reference, 'default'))" href="$escapetool.xml($link)">
$escapetool.xml($content)
</a>
```

See the patches:
- 14.4: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4f290d87a8355e967378a1ed6aee23a06ba162eb
- 13.10.6: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4032dc896857597efd169966dc9e2752a9fdd459#diff-4fe22885f772e47d3561a05348f73921669ec12d4413b220383b73c7ae484bc4R608-R610

### References

- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19752

### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

- Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)
- Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:[email protected])

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-mentions-ui
Affected versions: 12.5-rc-1 (fixed in 13.10.6)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-mentions-ui
Affected versions: 14.0 (fixed in 14.4)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-c5v8-2q4r-5w9v
Published
September 16, 2022 5:36 PM
Last Modified
September 16, 2022 5:36 PM
CVSS Score
9.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-mentions-ui
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 29, 2025 6:37 AM

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