Script-rights remote code execution via heading evaluation
Published Dec 12, 2024 · Updated Dec 13, 2024
Code injection in XWiki Platform releases before 15.10.9 or 16.3.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code on the server. XWiki.AdminSheet applies Velocity evaluation to the user-controlled heading of an XWiki.ConfigurableClass object while rendering a configurable section, permitting nested asynchronous Groovy markup to run. Exploitation requires script rights, creation of the object on a page, and viewing the crafted section; successful code execution can read, alter, or interrupt the entire installation.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in XWiki Platform releases before 15.10.9 or 16.3.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code on the server. XWiki.AdminSheet applies Velocity evaluation to the user-controlled heading of an XWiki.ConfigurableClass object while rendering a configurable section, permitting nested asynchronous Groovy markup to run. Exploitation requires script rights, creation of the object on a page, and viewing the crafted section; successful code execution can read, alter, or interrupt the entire installation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-55879
- Published
- Dec 12, 2024
- Updated
- Dec 13, 2024
- Vendor
- CryptPad
- Product
- XWiki Platform
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 13, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=>= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.3.0
- Affected versionversion=>= 2.3, < 15.10.9
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Public exploit references
- Upstream ConfigurableClass heading reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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Technologies
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