Critical severity · published Oct 25, 2023
CVE-2023-37908
XWiki Rendering is a generic Rendering system that converts textual input in a given syntax into another syntax
9.6
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XWiki Rendering is a generic Rendering system that converts textual input in a given syntax into another syntax. The cleaning of attributes during XHTML rendering, introduced in version 14.6-rc-1, allowed the injection of arbitrary HTML code and thus cross-site scripting via invalid attribute names. This can be exploited, e.g., via the link syntax in any content that supports XWiki syntax like comments in XWiki. When a user moves the mouse over a malicious link, the malicious JavaScript code is executed in the context of the user session. When this user is a privileged user who has programming rights, this allows server-side code execution with programming rights, impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the XWiki instance. While this attribute was correctly recognized as not allowed, the attribute was still printed with a prefix `data-xwiki-translated-attribute-` without further cleaning or validation. This problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10.4 and 15.0 RC1 by removing characters not allowed in data attributes and then validating the cleaned attribute again. There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading to a version including the fix.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki-rendering · Xwiki
14.6 before 14.10.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37908
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37908
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/commit/f4d5acac451dccaf276e69f0b49b72221eef5d2f
Exploit
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/security/advisories/GHSA-663w-2xp3-5739
Exploit
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/security/advisories/GHSA-6gf5-c898-7rxp
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-697
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