Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-29201
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. The "restricted" mode of the HTML cleaner in XWiki, introduced in version 4.2-milestone-1, only escaped `<script>` and `<style>`-tags but neither attributes that can be used to inject scripts nor other dangerous HTML tags like `<iframe>`. As a consequence, any code relying on this "restricted" mode for security is vulnerable to JavaScript injection ("cross-site scripting"/XSS). 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. This problem has been patched in XWiki 14.6 RC1 with the introduction of a filter with allowed HTML elements and attributes that is enabled in restricted mode. There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading to a version including the fix.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2023-29201
- cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-29201
0.35%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 72 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-29201
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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9.0
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CRITICAL | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.3
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6.0
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NIST | |
9.0
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CRITICAL | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.3
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6.0
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GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-29201
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2023-29201
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https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/b11eae9d82cb53f32962056b5faa73f3720c6182
XCOMMONS-1680: Filter Html attributes in restricted mode based on a w… · xwiki/xwiki-commons@b11eae9 · GitHubPatch
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https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2426
[XCOMMONS-2426] Provide a component for filtering safe HTML elements and attributes - XWiki.org JIRAExploit;Issue Tracking
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https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9118
[XWIKI-9118] XSS in restricted context via html macro - XWiki.org JIRAExploit;Issue Tracking
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https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-m3jr-cvhj-f35j
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml · Advisory · xwiki/xwiki-commons · GitHubExploit;Patch;Vendor Advisory
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https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1680
[XCOMMONS-1680] Filter Html attributes in restricted mode based on a whitelist - XWiki.org JIRAExploit;Issue Tracking
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https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/4a185e0594d90cd4916d60aa60bb4333dc5623b2
XCOMMONS-2426: Provide a component for filtering safe HTML elements a… · xwiki/xwiki-commons@4a185e0 · GitHubPatch
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