High severity · published Oct 25, 2023
CVE-2023-37912
XWiki Rendering is a generic Rendering system that converts textual input in a given syntax into another syntax
8.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XWiki Rendering is a generic Rendering system that converts textual input in a given syntax into another syntax. Prior to version 14.10.6 of `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-core-rendering-macro-footnotes` and `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-rendering-macro-footnotes` and prior to version 15.1-rc-1 of `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-rendering-macro-footnotes`, the footnote macro executed its content in a potentially different context than the one in which it was defined. In particular in combination with the include macro, this allows privilege escalation from a simple user account in XWiki to programming rights and thus remote code execution, impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.6 and 15.1-rc-1. There is no workaround apart from upgrading to a fixed version of the footnote macro.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki-rendering · Xwiki
before 14.10.6; 15.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37912
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37912
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/commit/5f558b8fac8b716d19999225f38cb8ed0814116e
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/security/advisories/GHSA-35j5-m29r-xfq5
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-688
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