High severity · published Mar 7, 2023
CVE-2023-27480
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it
7.7
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions any user with edit rights on a document can trigger an XAR import on a forged XAR file, leading to the ability to display the content of any file on the XWiki server host. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10-rc-1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may apply the patch `e3527b98fd` manually.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki · Xwiki
after 1.1 before 13.10.11; 14.0 before 14.4.7; 14.5 before 14.10; 1.1; 1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27480
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27480
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/e3527b98fdd8dc8179c24dc55e662b2c55199434
Exploit
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-gx4f-976g-7g6v
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20320
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