GHSA-7954-6m9q-gpvf

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    GHSA-7954-6m9q-gpvf

    Published: 18 Aug 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: XWiki Platform privilege escalation (PR)/RCE from account through Invitation subject/message

    Details: ### Impact Any user who can view `Invitation.WebHome` can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents. This can be reproduced with the following steps: 1. Open the invitation application (Invitation.WebHome). 1. Set the subject to `{{cache}}{{groovy}}new File("/tmp/exploit.txt").withWriter { out -> out.println("Attacked from invitation!"); }{{/groovy}}{{/cache}}` 1. Click "Preview" ### Patches The vulnerability has been patched on XWiki 14.4.8, 15.2-rc-1, and 14.10.6. ### Workarounds The vulnerability can be patched manually by applying the [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ff1d8a1790c6ee534c6a4478360a06efeb2d3591) on `Invitation.InvitationCommon` and `Invitation.InvitationConfig`. ### References - https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20421 - https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ff1d8a1790c6ee534c6a4478360a06efeb2d3591 ### 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:[email protected])

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-invitation-ui

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.5-m-1
    Fixed -14.4.8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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