xwiki/xwiki-platform · Security
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-default XSS with authenticate endpoints
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-jjm5-5v9v-7hx2
- CVE ID
- CVE-2023-29506
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 5.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
Impact
It was possible to inject some code using the URL of authenticate endpoints, e.g.:
https://hostname/xwiki/authenticate/wiki/xwiki%22onload=%22alert(origin)%22/resetpassword
This vulnerability was present in recent versions of XWiki:
- 13.10.8+
- 14.4.3+
- 14.6+
Patches
This problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.
Workarounds
There is no easy workaround except to upgrade.
References
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20335
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/1943ea26c967ef868fb5f67c487d98d97cba0380
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira
- Email us at security mailing-list
CWEs
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-jjm5-5v9v-7hx2 ↗
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/1943ea26c967ef868fb5f67c487d98d97cba0380 ↗
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20335 ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29506 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjm5-5v9v-7hx2 ↗