9.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2023-29528
XWiki Commons Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilit
Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. The "restricted" mode of the HTML cleaner in XWiki, introduced in version 4.2-milestone-1 and massively improved in version 14.6-rc-1, allowed the injection of arbitrary HTML code and thus cross-site scripting via invalid HTML comments. As a consequence, any code relying on this "restricted" mode for security is vulnerable to JavaScript injection ("cross-site scripting"/XSS). When a privileged user with programming rights visits such a comment in XWiki, the malicious JavaScript code is executed in the context of the user session. This allows server-side code execution with programming rights, impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the XWiki instance. This problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10, HTML comments are now removed in restricted mode and a check has been introduced that ensures that comments don't start with `>`. There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading to a version including the fix.

INFO

Published Date :

April 20, 2023, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 1, 2023, 3:46 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-29528 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Xwiki xwiki
2 Xwiki commons
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-29528.

URL Resource
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/8ff1a9d7e5d7b45b690134a537d53dc05cae04ab Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-x37v-36wv-6v6h Vendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2568 Vendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20348 Exploit Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-29528 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/8ff1a9d7e5d7b45b690134a537d53dc05cae04ab No Types Assigned https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/8ff1a9d7e5d7b45b690134a537d53dc05cae04ab Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-x37v-36wv-6v6h No Types Assigned https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-x37v-36wv-6v6h Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2568 No Types Assigned https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2568 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20348 No Types Assigned https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20348 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:commons:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:commons:4.2:milestone1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:commons:4.2:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:commons:4.2:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:commons:4.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:commons:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.3 up to (excluding) 14.10
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.68 }} 0.20%

score

0.79923

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
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