Medium severity · published Jun 23, 2023
CVE-2023-35161
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it
6.1
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the DeleteApplication page to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > xwiki/bin/view/AppWithinMinutes/DeleteApplication?appName=Menu&resolve=true&xredirect=javascript:alert(document.domain). This vulnerability exists since XWiki 6.2-milestone-1. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki · Xwiki
6.2.1 before 14.10.5; 6.2; 6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35161
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-35161
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/8f5a889b7cd140770e54f5b4195d88058790e305
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4xm7-5q79-3fch
Issue Tracking
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583
Issue Tracking
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20614
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