Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-37913
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Starting in version 3.5-milestone-1 and prior to versions 14.10.8 and 15.3-rc-1, triggering the office converter with a specially crafted file name allows writing the attachment's content to an attacker-controlled location on the server as long as the Java process has write access to that location. In particular in the combination with attachment moving, a feature introduced in XWiki 14.0, this is easy to reproduce but it also possible to reproduce in versions as old as XWiki 3.5 by uploading the attachment through the REST API which doesn't remove `/` or `\` from the filename. As the mime type of the attachment doesn't matter for the exploitation, this could e.g., be used to replace the `jar`-file of an extension which would allow executing arbitrary Java code and thus impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the XWiki installation. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.8 and 15.3RC1. There are no known workarounds apart from disabling the office converter.
Vulnerability category: Directory traversal
Products affected by CVE-2023-37913
- cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-37913
0.17%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 54 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-37913
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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8.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.8
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5.9
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NIST | |
9.9
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CRITICAL | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
3.1
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6.0
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GitHub, Inc. |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-37913
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The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
- security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
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The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
References for CVE-2023-37913
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https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20715
[XWIKI-20715] Arbitrary server side file writing from account through office converter - XWiki.org JIRAExploit;Issue Tracking;Patch;Vendor Advisory
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https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-vcvr-v426-3m3m
Arbitrary server side file writing from account through office converter · Advisory · xwiki/xwiki-platform · GitHubPatch;Vendor Advisory
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https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/45d182a4141ff22f3ff289cf71e4669bdc714544
XWIKI-20715: Don't use user-provided filenames in office import · xwiki/xwiki-platform@45d182a · GitHubPatch
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