Critical severity · published Apr 15, 2023
CVE-2023-29201
org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
9.0
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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, only escaped `<script>` and `<style>`-tags but neither attributes that can be used to inject scripts nor other dangerous HTML tags like `<iframe>`. 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 14.6 RC1 with the introduction of a filter with allowed HTML elements and attributes that is enabled in restricted mode. There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading to a version including the fix.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
xwiki-commons · xwiki
>= 4.2-milestone-1, < 14.6-rc-1 · source: vendor
XW
Xwiki · Xwiki
5.0 through 14.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29201
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29201
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/4a185e0594d90cd4916d60aa60bb4333dc5623b2
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/b11eae9d82cb53f32962056b5faa73f3720c6182
Exploit
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-m3jr-cvhj-f35j
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1680
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2426
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9118
More from xwiki-commons
9.8
CVE-2024-31996
XWiki Commons missing escaping of `{` in Velocity escapetool allows remote code execution
9.6
CVE-2023-31126
Improper Neutralization of Invalid Characters in Data Attribute Names in org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml
9.3
CVE-2026-23734
XWiki Platform: Path traversal via resources parameter in ssx and jsx endpoints when using leading slash
9.0
CVE-2023-29528
Cross-site Scripting in org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml
5.4
CVE-2023-36471
HTML sanitizer allows form elements in restricted in org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml
