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CRITICAL9.9

GHSA-3738-p9x3-mv9r

XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation via properties with wiki syntax that are executed with wrong author

Quick fix

GHSA-3738-p9x3-mv9r — org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

# pom.xml: bump <version>13.10.11</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore

Details

### Impact

It's possible to use the right of an existing document content author to execute a text area property.

To reproduce:

* As an admin with programming rights, create a new user without script or programming right. * Login with the freshly created user. * Insert the following text in source mode in the about section: ``` {{groovy}}println("hello from groovy!"){{/groovy}} ``` * Click "Save & View"

### Patches

This has been patched in XWiki 14.10, 14.4.7, and 13.10.11.

### Workarounds

No known workaround.

### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20373

### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

* Open an issue in [Jira](http://jira.xwiki.org/) * Email us at [Security ML](mailto:security@xwiki.org)

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Affected packages

Maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Introduced in: 13.10Fixed in: 13.10.11
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>13.10.11</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore
Introduced in: 13.10Fixed in: 13.10.11
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>13.10.11</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore
Maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Introduced in: 14.0Fixed in: 14.4.7
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>14.4.7</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore
Introduced in: 14.0Fixed in: 14.4.7
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>14.4.7</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore
Maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Introduced in: 14.5Fixed in: 14.10
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>14.10</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore
Introduced in: 14.5Fixed in: 14.10
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>14.10</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore

References