xwiki/xwiki-platform · Security
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Open Redirect vulnerability
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-xwph-x6xj-wggv
- CVE ID
- CVE-2023-29204
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 4.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 4.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Description
Impact
It is possible to bypass the existing security measures put in place to avoid open redirect by using a redirect such as //mydomain.com (i.e. omitting the http:). It was also possible to bypass it when using URL such as http:/mydomain.com.
Patches
The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.10, 14.4.4 and 14.8RC1.
Workarounds
The only way to workaround the bug is by providing a patched jar of xwiki-platform-oldcore containing the following changes: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/e4f7f68e93cb08c25632c126356d218abf192d1e#diff-c445f288d5d63424f56ef13f65514ab4e174a72e979b53b88197c2b7def267cf.
References
- Jira ticket of the reported vulnerability: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19994
- Jira ticket of the original mechanism put in place to prevent open redirect: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10309
- Original advisory about open redirect: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-jp55-vvmf-63mv
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira
- Email us at Security ML
CWEs
- CWE-601 · URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-jp55-vvmf-63mv ↗
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-xwph-x6xj-wggv ↗
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/e4f7f68e93cb08c25632c126356d218abf192d1e#diff-c445f288d5d63424f56ef13f65514ab4e174a72e979b53b88197c2b7def267cf ↗
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10309 ↗
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19994 ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29204 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xwph-x6xj-wggv ↗