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XWiki Change Request Application UI XSS and remote code execution through change request title

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 12, 2023 in xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest • Updated Nov 11, 2023

Package

maven org.xwiki.contrib.changerequest:application-changerequest-ui (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 0.11, < 1.9.2

Patched versions

1.9.2

Description

Impact

It's possible for a user without any specific right to perform script injection and remote code execution just by inserting an appropriate title when creating a new Change Request.
This vulnerability is particularly critical as Change Request aims at being created by user without any particular rights.

Patches

The vulnerability has been fixed in Change Request 1.9.2.

Workarounds

It's possible to workaround the issue without upgrading by editing the document ChangeRequest.Code.ChangeRequestSheet and by performing the same change as in the commit: xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest@7565e72.

References

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Attribution

Thanks Michael Hamann for the report.

References

@surli surli published to xwiki-contrib/application-changerequest Oct 12, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 12, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 17, 2023
Reviewed Oct 17, 2023
Last updated Nov 11, 2023

Severity

Critical

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.438%
(75th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-45138

GHSA ID

GHSA-f776-w9v2-7vfj

Source code

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