CVE-2023-35162

XPlatform Wiki vulnerable to cross-site scripting via xcontinue parameter in preview actions template

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the previewactions template to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > <hostname>/xwiki/bin/get/FlamingoThemes/Cerulean xpage=xpart&vm=previewactions.vm&xcontinue=javascript:alert(document.domain). This vulnerability exists since XWiki 6.1-rc-1. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.

Affected

xwiki · xwiki-platform

CVSS v3.1 NVD

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 GITHUB

9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

2.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 84th percentile

Nuclei

medium · CWE-79

Published

2023-06-23

Updated

2024-11-29

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-35162.yaml

Security advisories

• xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9f01166b1a8ee9639666099eb5040302df067e4d
• xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q9hg-9qj2-mxf9
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20342
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583
• advisories/GHSA-q9hg-9qj2-mxf9

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry