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GHSA-cvx5-m8vg-vxgc

GitHub Security Advisory

Arbitrary filesystem write access from velocity.

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

The velocity scripts is not properly sandboxed against using the Java File API to perform read or write operations on the filesystem. Now writing an attacking script in velocity requires the Script rights in XWiki so not all users can use it, and it also requires finding an XWiki API which returns a File.

### Patches
The problem has been patched on versions 12.6.7, 12.10.3 and 13.0RC1.

### Workarounds
There's no easy workaround for fixing this vulnerability other than upgrading and being careful when giving Script rights.

### References
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5168

### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki](https://jira.xwiki.org)
* Email us at [XWiki Security mailing-list](mailto:[email protected])

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-velocity
Affected versions: 2.3.0 (fixed in 12.6.7)
Maven org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-velocity
Affected versions: 12.7.0 (fixed in 12.10.3)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-cvx5-m8vg-vxgc
Published
April 28, 2022 9:16 PM
Last Modified
April 28, 2022 9:16 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-velocity
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 28, 2025 6:37 AM

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