XWiki Platform vulnerable to CSRF privilege escalation/RCE via the create action
### Impact The create action is vulnerable to a CSRF attack, allowing script and thus remote code execution when targeting a user with script/programming right, thus compromising the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. To reproduce, the XWiki syntax `[[image:path:/xwiki/bin/create/Foo/WebHome?template=&parent=Main.WebHome&title=$services.logging.getLogger(%22foo%22).error(%22Script%20executed!%22)]]` can be added to any place that supports XWiki syntax like a comment. When a user with script right views this image and a log message `ERROR foo - Script executed!` appears in the log, the XWiki installation is vulnerable. ### Patches This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.9 and 15.4RC1 by requiring a CSRF token for the actual page creation. ### Workarounds There are no known workarounds. ### References * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20849 * https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b20528808d0c311290b0d9ab2cfc44063380ef7
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-40572US | high8.0 | — | ||
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The create action is vulnerable to a CSRF attack, allowing script and thus… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platformPACKAGE
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/123e5d7e4ca06bf75b95aaef665aafc4fa9cae64WEB
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b20528808d0c311290b0d9ab2cfc44063380ef7WEB
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6mWEB
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20849WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40572ADVISORY
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