CVE-2022-36099
highpriority · attend · 62EPSS 0.763 · 100 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
XWiki Platform Wiki UI Main Wiki is software for managing subwikis on XWiki Platform, a generic wiki platform. Starting with version 5.3-milestone-2 and prior to versions 13.10.6 and 14.4, it's possible to inject arbitrary wiki syntax including Groovy, Python and Velocity script macros via the request (URL parameter) using the `XWikiServerClassSheet` if the user has view access to this sheet and another page that has been saved with programming rights, a standard condition on a public read-only XWiki installation or a private XWiki installation where the user has an account. This allows arbitrary Groovy/Python/Velocity code execution which allows bypassing all rights checks and thus both modification and disclosure of all content stored in the XWiki installation. Also, this could be used to impact the availability of the wiki. This has been patched in versions 13.10.6 and 14.4. As a workaround, edit the affected document `XWiki.XWikiServerClassSheet` or `WikiManager.XWikiServerClassSheet` and manually perform the changes from the patch fixing the issue. On XWiki versions 12.0 and later, it is also possible to import the document `XWiki.XWikiServerClassSheet` from the xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki package version 14.4 using the import feature of the administration application as there have been no other changes to this document since XWiki 12.0.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.8–9.9
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affected products (7)
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- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki14.0 → 14.4osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki5.3-milestone-2 → 13.10.6osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-xr6m-2p4m-jvqfXWiki Platform Wiki UI Main Wiki Eval Injection vulnerability2022-09-16ghsa · osvUS
### Impact It's possible to inject arbitrary wiki syntax including Groovy, Python and Velocity script macros via the request (URL parameter) using the `XWikiServerClassSheet` if the user has view access to this sheet and another page that has been saved with programming rights, a standard condition on a public read-only XWiki installation or a private XWiki installation where the user has an account. This allows arbitrary Groovy/Python/Velocity code execution which allows bypassing all rights checks and thus both modification and disclosure of all content stored in the XWiki installation. Also, this could be used to impact the availability of the wiki. On current versions (e.g., 14.3), this can be triggered by opening the URL `/xwiki/bin/view/Main/?sheet=XWiki.XWikiServerClassSheet&form_token=<form_token>&action=delete&domain=foo%22%2F%7D%7D%7B%7Basync%20async%3D%22true%22%20cached%3D%22false%22%20context%3D%22doc.reference%22%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln(%22hello%20from%20groovy!%22)%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D`, on version 5.3 Milestone 2 (oldest impacted version), the issue can be reproduced using `<server>/xwiki/bin/view/Main/?sheet=WikiManager.XWikiServerClassSheet&form_token=<form_token>&action=delete&domain=foo%22%2F%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Ferror%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fhtml%7D%7D%7B%7Bfootnote%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22hello+from+groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Ffootnote%7D%7D`. In both cases `<server>` is the URL of the XWiki installation and `<form_token>` is the token used for CSRF protection for the current user which is available in every HTML response (search for `form-token` or `form_token` in the HTML source). If the string `hello from groovy` without `println("` before it is displayed, the attack has been successful. ### Patches This has been patched in the supported versions 13.10.6 and 14.4. ### Workarounds It is possible to edit the affected document `XWiki.XWikiServerClassSheet` or `WikiManager.XWikiServerClassSheet` and manually perform the changes from [the patch fixing the issue](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fc77f9f53bc65a4a9bfae3d5686615309c0c76cc), i.e., replacing ``` {{error}}{{translation key="platform.wiki.sheet.erroraliasalreadynotexists" parameters="$request.domain"/}}{{/error}} ``` by ``` {{error}}{{translation key="platform.wiki.sheet.erroraliasalreadynotexists" parameters="~"${services.rendering.escape($escapetool.java($request.domain), 'xwiki/2.1')}~""/}}{{/error}} ``` and replacing ``` {{error}}{{translation key="platform.wiki.sheet.erroraliasdoesnotexists" parameters="$request.domain"/}}{{/error}} ``` by ``` {{error}}{{translation key="platform.wiki.sheet.erroraliasdoesnotexists" parameters="~"${services.rendering.escape($escapetool.java($request.domain), 'xwiki/2.1')}~""/}}{{/error}} ``` Note that below version 7.1 milestone 1, the used escaping function isn't available and thus a different fix would need to be developed. On XWiki versions 12.0 and later, it is also possible to import the document `XWiki.XWikiServerClassSheet` from the [xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki package version 14.4](https://nexus.xwiki.org/nexus/content/groups/public/org/xwiki/platform/xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki/14.4/xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki-14.4.xar) using the [import feature of the administration application](https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Administration%20Application#HImport) as there have been no other changes to this document since XWiki 12.0. ### References * https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fc77f9f53bc65a4a9bfae3d5686615309c0c76cc * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19746 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: - Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/) - Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-36099/cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fc77f9f53bc65a4a9bfae3d5686615309c0c76cccnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-xr6m-2p4m-jvqfcnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19746cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fc77f9f53bc65a4a9bfae3d5686615309c0c76ccenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-xr6m-2p4m-jvqfenisa_euvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19746enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fc77f9f53bc65a4a9bfae3d5686615309c0c76ccPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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