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Cross-site Scripting in Filter Stream Converter Application in XWiki Platform

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 31, 2022 in xwiki/xwiki-platform • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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

Affected versions

>= 5.4.4, < 12.10.11
>= 13.0.0, < 13.4.7
>= 13.5.0, < 13.10.3

Patched versions

12.10.11
13.4.7
13.10.3

Description

Impact

We found a possible XSS vector in the Filter.FilterStreamDescriptorForm wiki page related to pretty much all the form fields printed in the home page of the application.

Patches

The issue is patched in versions 12.10.11, 14.0-rc-1, 13.4.7, 13.10.3.

Workarounds

The easiest workaround is to edit the wiki page Filter.FilterStreamDescriptorForm (with wiki editor) and change the lines

          <input type="text" id="$descriptorId" name="$descriptorId" value="#if($request.get($descriptorId))$request.get($descriptorId)#else$descriptor.defaultValue#end"/>
        #else
          <input type="text" id="$descriptorId" name="$descriptorId"#if($request.get($descriptorId))value="$request.get($descriptorId)"#end/>

into

          <input type="text" id="$descriptorId" name="$descriptorId" value="#if($request.get($descriptorId))$escapetool.xml($request.get($descriptorId))#else$descriptor.defaultValue#end"/>
        #else
          <input type="text" id="$descriptorId" name="$descriptorId"#if($request.get($descriptorId))value="$escapetool.xml($request.get($descriptorId))"#end/>

References

@surli surli published to xwiki/xwiki-platform May 31, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 31, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 1, 2022
Reviewed Jun 1, 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
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.071%
(33rd percentile)

CVE ID

CVE-2022-29258

GHSA ID

GHSA-xjfw-5vv5-vjq2

Source code

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