CVE-2023-40572 (GCVE-0-2023-40572)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-24 01:15 – Updated: 2024-10-02 20:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
XWiki Platform vulnerable to CSRF privilege escalation/RCE via the create action
Summary
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The create action is vulnerable to a CSRF attack, allowing script and thus remote code execution when targeting a user with script/programming right, thus compromising the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. When a user with script right views this image and a log message `ERROR foo - Script executed!` appears in the log, the XWiki installation is vulnerable. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.9 and 15.4RC1 by requiring a CSRF token for the actual page creation.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-02 20:18 UTC
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20849 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| xwiki | xwiki-platform |
Affected:
>= 3.2-milestone-3, < 14.10.9
Affected: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.4-rc-1 |
guessed |
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