ghsa-5hv6-mh8q-q9v8
Vulnerability from github
Published
2020-10-16 16:55
Modified
2021-11-19 14:41
Severity ?
8.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
RCE in XWiki
Details

Impact

Any user with SCRIPT right (EDIT right before XWiki 7.4) can gain access to the application server Servlet context which contains tools allowing to instantiate arbitrary Java objects and invoke methods that may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Patches

It has been patched in both version XWiki 12.5 and XWiki 11.10.6.

Workarounds

The only workaround is to give SCRIPT right only to trusted users.

References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17423

It's been reported by the GitHub Security Lab under https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17141.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in Jira XWiki * Email us at our security mailing list

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "11.10.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "12.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-15252"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-74",
      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-10-16T16:55:27Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-10-16T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nAny user with SCRIPT right (EDIT right before XWiki 7.4) can gain access to the application server Servlet context which contains tools allowing to instantiate arbitrary Java objects and invoke methods that may lead to arbitrary code execution.\n\n### Patches\n\nIt has been patched in both version XWiki 12.5 and XWiki 11.10.6.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThe only workaround is to give SCRIPT right only to trusted users.\n\n### References\n\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17423\n\nIt\u0027s been reported by the GitHub Security Lab under https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17141.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki](https://jira.xwiki.org)\n* Email us at [our security mailing list](mailto:security@xwiki.org)",
  "id": "GHSA-5hv6-mh8q-q9v8",
  "modified": "2021-11-19T14:41:16Z",
  "published": "2020-10-16T16:55:49Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-5hv6-mh8q-q9v8"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15252"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17141"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17423"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "RCE in XWiki"
}


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