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    GHSA-x764-ff8r-9hpx

    Published: 20 Apr 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: XWiki Platform vulnerable to code injection in display method used in user profiles

    Details: ### Impact Any user who can edit their own user profile 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. The following syntax, to be put, e.g., in the about section of the user profile, demonstrates a proof of concept: ``` {{html wiki="true"}}~{~{~/~h~t~m~l~}~}~ ~{~{~c~a~c~h~e~}~}~{~{~g~r~o~o~v~y~}~}~p~r~i~n~t~l~n~(~1~)~{~{~/~g~r~o~o~v~y~}~}~{~{~/~c~a~c~h~e~}~}~{{/html}} ``` While it would be expected that the above code is displayed just without the `~`, in fact just "1" is displayed, followed by a lot of raw HTML code. The same vulnerability can also be exploited in other contexts where the `display` method on a document is used to display a field with wiki syntax, for example in applications created using [App Within Minutes](https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/App%20Within%20Minutes%20Application). ### Patches This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.2 and 15.0RC1. ### Workarounds There is no workaround apart from upgrading. ### References * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20327 * https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/0d547181389f7941e53291af940966413823f61c ### 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-oldcore

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.3-milestone-1
    Fixed -13.10.11

    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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