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GHSA-q9hg-9qj2-mxf9

GitHub Security Advisory

XWiki Platform vulnerable to cross-site scripting via xcontinue parameter in previewactions template

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS).
It's possible to exploit the previewactions template to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as:
> <hostname>/xwiki/bin/get/FlamingoThemes/Cerulean?xpage=xpart&vm=previewactions.vm&xcontinue=javascript:alert(document.domain)

This vulnerability exists since XWiki 6.1-rc-1.

### Patches

The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.

### Workarounds

It's possible to workaround the vulnerability by editing the template previewactions.vm to perform checks on it, but note that the appropriate fix involves new APIs that have been recently introduced in XWiki. See the referenced jira tickets.

### References

* Jira ticket about the vulnerability: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20342
* Introduction of the macro used for fixing this type of vulnerability: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583
* Commit containing the actual fix in the template: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9f01166b1a8ee9639666099eb5040302df067e4d

### 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])

### Attribution

This vulnerability has been reported by René de Sain @renniepak.

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources
Affected versions: 6.1-rc-1 (fixed in 14.10.5)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources
Affected versions: 15.0-rc-1 (fixed in 15.1-rc-1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-q9hg-9qj2-mxf9
Published
June 20, 2023 5:42 PM
Last Modified
June 30, 2023 8:28 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: July 29, 2025 6:37 AM

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