Critical severity · published Oct 25, 2023
CVE-2023-45136
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it
9.6
CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. When document names are validated according to a name strategy (disabled by default), XWiki starting in version 12.0-rc-1 and prior to versions 12.10.12 and 15.5-rc-1 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting attack in the page creation form. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary actions with the rights of the user opening the malicious link. Depending on the rights of the user, this may allow remote code execution and full read and write access to the whole XWiki installation. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.12 and 15.5-rc-1 by adding appropriate escaping. The vulnerable template file `createinline.vm` is part of XWiki's WAR and can be patched by manually applying the changes from 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)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki · Xwiki
12.0 before 14.10.12; 15.0 before 15.5; 15.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45136
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45136
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ba56fda175156dd35035f2b8c86cbd8ef1f90c2e
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qcj9-gcpg-4w2w
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20854
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