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CRITICAL9.9

GHSA-7954-6m9q-gpvf

XWiki Platform privilege escalation (PR)/RCE from account through Invitation subject/message

Quick fix

GHSA-7954-6m9q-gpvf — org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

# pom.xml: bump <version>14.4.8</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui

Details

### Impact Any user who can view `Invitation.WebHome` 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. This can be reproduced with the following steps:

1. Open the invitation application (Invitation.WebHome). 1. Set the subject to `{{cache}}{{groovy}}new File("/tmp/exploit.txt").withWriter { out -> out.println("Attacked from invitation!"); }{{/groovy}}{{/cache}}` 1. Click "Preview"

### Patches The vulnerability has been patched on XWiki 14.4.8, 15.2-rc-1, and 14.10.6.

### Workarounds The vulnerability can be patched manually by applying the [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ff1d8a1790c6ee534c6a4478360a06efeb2d3591) on `Invitation.InvitationCommon` and `Invitation.InvitationConfig`.

### References - https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20421 - https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ff1d8a1790c6ee534c6a4478360a06efeb2d3591

### 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:security@xwiki.org)

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Affected packages

Maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui
Introduced in: 2.5-m-1Fixed in: 14.4.8
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>14.4.8</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui
Maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui
Introduced in: 14.5Fixed in: 14.10.6
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>14.10.6</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui
Maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui
Introduced in: 15.0-rc-1Fixed in: 15.2-rc-1
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>15.2-rc-1</version> for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-invitation-ui

References