9.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2023-48240
XWiki Platform Image RCE and Cookie Stealing Vulnerability
Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. The rendered diff in XWiki embeds images to be able to compare the contents and not display a difference for an actually unchanged image. For this, XWiki requests all embedded images on the server side. These requests are also sent for images from other domains and include all cookies that were sent in the original request to ensure that images with restricted view right can be compared. Starting in version 11.10.1 and prior to versions 14.10.15, 15.5.1, and 15.6, this allows an attacker to steal login and session cookies that allow impersonating the current user who views the diff. The attack can be triggered with an image that references the rendered diff, thus making it easy to trigger. Apart from stealing login cookies, this also allows server-side request forgery (the result of any successful request is returned in the image's source) and viewing protected content as once a resource is cached, it is returned for all users. As only successful requests are cached, the cache will be filled by the first user who is allowed to access the resource. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.15, 15.5.1 and 15.6. The rendered diff now only downloads images from trusted domains. Further, cookies are only sent when the image's domain is the same the requested domain. The cache has been changed to be specific for each user. As a workaround, the image embedding feature can be disabled by deleting `xwiki-platform-diff-xml-<version>.jar` in `WEB-INF/lib/`.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Nov. 29, 2023, 8:50 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-48240 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
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-2023-48240.

URL Resource
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bff0203e739b6e3eb90af5736f04278c73c2a8bb Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp Vendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20818 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-48240 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 29, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bff0203e739b6e3eb90af5736f04278c73c2a8bb No Types Assigned https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bff0203e739b6e3eb90af5736f04278c73c2a8bb Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp No Types Assigned https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20818 No Types Assigned https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20818 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-918
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.10.1 up to (excluding) 14.10.15 *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.0 up to (excluding) 15.5.1 *cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Nov. 20, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. The rendered diff in XWiki embeds images to be able to compare the contents and not display a difference for an actually unchanged image. For this, XWiki requests all embedded images on the server side. These requests are also sent for images from other domains and include all cookies that were sent in the original request to ensure that images with restricted view right can be compared. Starting in version 11.10.1 and prior to versions 14.10.15, 15.5.1, and 15.6, this allows an attacker to steal login and session cookies that allow impersonating the current user who views the diff. The attack can be triggered with an image that references the rendered diff, thus making it easy to trigger. Apart from stealing login cookies, this also allows server-side request forgery (the result of any successful request is returned in the image's source) and viewing protected content as once a resource is cached, it is returned for all users. As only successful requests are cached, the cache will be filled by the first user who is allowed to access the resource. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.15, 15.5.1 and 15.6. The rendered diff now only downloads images from trusted domains. Further, cookies are only sent when the image's domain is the same the requested domain. The cache has been changed to be specific for each user. As a workaround, the image embedding feature can be disabled by deleting `xwiki-platform-diff-xml-<version>.jar` in `WEB-INF/lib/`.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bff0203e739b6e3eb90af5736f04278c73c2a8bb [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20818 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-281
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-201
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-918
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Exploit Prediction

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

0.07 }} 0.01%

score

0.28467

percentile

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