ghsa-x37v-36wv-6v6h
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-04-20 20:55
Modified
2023-04-20 20:55
Severity ?
9.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cross-site Scripting in org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml
Details

Impact

The "restricted" mode of the HTML cleaner in XWiki, introduced in version 4.2-milestone-1 and massively improved in version 14.6-rc-1, allowed the injection of arbitrary HTML code and thus cross-site scripting via invalid HTML comments. As a consequence, any code relying on this "restricted" mode for security is vulnerable to JavaScript injection ("cross-site scripting"/XSS). An example are anonymous comments in XWiki where the HTML macro filters HTML using restricted mode:

html {{html}} <!--> <Details Open OnToggle=confirm("XSS")> {{/html}}

When a privileged user with programming rights visits such a comment in XWiki, the malicious JavaScript code is executed in the context of the user session. This allows server-side code execution with programming rights, impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the XWiki instance.

Note that while all versions since 4.2-milestone-1 should be vulnerable, only starting with version 14.6-rc-1 the HTML comment is necessary for the attack to succeed due to another vulnerability that has been patched in version 14.6-rc-1.

Patches

This problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10, HTML comments are now removed in restricted mode and a check has been introduced that ensures that comments don't start with >.

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading to a version including the fix.

References

  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2568
  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20348
  • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/8ff1a9d7e5d7b45b690134a537d53dc05cae04ab

For more information

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

Attribution

This vulnerability was reported on Intigriti by ynoof @Ynoof5.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.2-milestone-1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "14.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-29528"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-04-20T20:55:02Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-04-20T18:15:07Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nThe \"restricted\" mode of the HTML cleaner in XWiki, introduced in version 4.2-milestone-1 and massively improved in version 14.6-rc-1, allowed the injection of arbitrary HTML code and thus cross-site scripting via invalid HTML comments. As a consequence, any code relying on this \"restricted\" mode for security is vulnerable to JavaScript injection (\"cross-site scripting\"/XSS). An example are anonymous comments in XWiki where the HTML macro filters HTML using restricted mode:\n\n```html\n{{html}}\n\u003c!--\u003e \u003cDetails Open OnToggle=confirm(\"XSS\")\u003e\n{{/html}}\n```\n\nWhen a privileged user with programming rights visits such a comment in XWiki, the malicious JavaScript code is executed in the context of the user session. This allows server-side code execution with programming rights, impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the XWiki instance.\n\nNote that while all versions since 4.2-milestone-1 should be vulnerable, only starting with version 14.6-rc-1 the HTML comment is necessary for the attack to succeed due to [another vulnerability](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-m3jr-cvhj-f35j) that has been patched in version 14.6-rc-1.\n\n### Patches\nThis problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10, HTML comments are now removed in restricted mode and a check has been introduced that ensures that comments don\u0027t start with `\u003e`.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere are no known workarounds apart from upgrading to a version including the fix.\n\n### References\n* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2568\n* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20348\n* https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/8ff1a9d7e5d7b45b690134a537d53dc05cae04ab\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 [XWiki Security mailing-list](mailto:security@xwiki.org)\n\n### Attribution\n\nThis vulnerability was reported on Intigriti by [ynoof](https://twitter.com/ynoofAssiri) @Ynoof5.\n",
  "id": "GHSA-x37v-36wv-6v6h",
  "modified": "2023-04-20T20:55:02Z",
  "published": "2023-04-20T20:55:02Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29528"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/8ff1a9d7e5d7b45b690134a537d53dc05cae04ab"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Cross-site Scripting in org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml"
}


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