Low severity · published May 25, 2022
CVE-2022-29253
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it
2.7
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Starting with version 8.3-rc-1 and prior to versions 12.10.3 and 14.0, one can ask for any file located in the classloader using the template API and a path with ".." in it. The issue is patched in versions 14.0 and 13.10.3. There is no easy workaround for this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki · Xwiki
8.4 before 13.10.3; 8.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29253
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29253
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4917c8f355717bb636d763844528b1fe0f95e8e2
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-9qrp-h7fw-42hg
Vendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19349
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