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GHSA-j9rc-w3wv-fv62

GitHub Security Advisory

XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting through revision parameter in content menu

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

XWiki is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting (RXSS) via the `rev` parameter that is used in the content of the content menu without escaping. If an attacker can convince a user to visit a link with a crafted parameter, this allows the attacker to execute arbitrary actions in the name of the user, including remote code (Groovy) execution in the case of a user with programming right, compromising the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation.

The vulnerability can be demonstrated by opening `<xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/view/Main/?rev=xar%3Aorg.xwiki.platform%3Axwiki-platform-distribution-flavor-common%2F15.5%25%25%22%3e%3cscript%3ealert(1)%3c%2fscript%3e` where `<xwiki-host>` is the URL of your XWiki installation. If an alert is displayed, the installation is vulnerable.

### Patches
This has been patched in XWiki 15.6 RC1, 15.5.1 and 14.10.14.

### Workarounds
The [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/04e325d57d4bcb6ab79bddcafbb19032474c2a55) can be manually applied without upgrading (or restarting) the instance.

### References
* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21095
* https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/04e325d57d4bcb6ab79bddcafbb19032474c2a55

### Attribution

We thank Agostino Parentela, Vulnerability Management Engineer of TicketOne S.p.A., [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) for reporting this vulnerability.

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources
Affected versions: 9.7-rc-1 (fixed in 14.10.14)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources
Affected versions: 15.0-rc-1 (fixed in 15.5.1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-j9rc-w3wv-fv62
Published
November 8, 2023 2:51 PM
Last Modified
November 8, 2023 2:51 PM
CVSS Score
9.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 22, 2025 6:29 AM

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