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XWiki Platform Attachment UI vulnerable to cross-site scripting in the move attachment form

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 8, 2022 in xwiki/xwiki-platform • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-attachment-ui (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4-rc-1

Patched versions

14.4-rc-1

Description

Impact

It's possible to store JavaScript in an attachment name, which will be executed by anyone trying to move the corresponding attachment.

For example, an attachment with name ><img src=1 onerror=alert(1)>.jpg will execute the alert.

Patches

This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.4RC1.

Workarounds

It is possible to fix the vulnerability by copying moveStep1.vm to webapp/xwiki/templates/moveStep1.vm and replace

#set($titleToDisplay = $services.localization.render('attachment.move.title', 
  [$attachment.name, $escapetool.xml($doc.plainTitle), $doc.getURL()]))

by

#set($titleToDisplay = $services.localization.render('attachment.move.title', [
  $escapetool.xml($attachment.name), 
  $escapetool.xml($doc.plainTitle), 
  $escapetool.xml($doc.getURL())
]))

See the corresponding patch.

References

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References

@surli surli published to xwiki/xwiki-platform Sep 8, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 8, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 16, 2022
Reviewed Sep 16, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

EPSS score

0.293%
(69th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-36097

GHSA ID

GHSA-9r9j-57rf-f6vj

Source code

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