XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions of XWiki Platform, the `{{wikimacrocontent}}` executes the content with the rights of the wiki macro author instead of the caller of that wiki macro. This makes possible to inject scripts through it and they will be executed with the rights of the wiki macro (very often a user which has Programming rights). Fortunately, no such macro exists by default in XWiki Standard but one could have been created or installed with an extension. This vulnerability has been patched in versions XWiki 12.6.3, 11.10.11 and 12.8-rc-1. There is no easy workaround other than disabling the affected macros. Inserting content in a safe way or knowing what is the user who called the wiki macro is not easy.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-v662-xpcc-9xf6 | Third Party Advisory |
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17759 | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
No history.
Information
Published : 2021-03-12 18:15
Updated : 2024-02-28 18:08
NVD link : CVE-2021-21379
Mitre link : CVE-2021-21379
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-21379
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Products Affected
xwiki
- xwiki
CWE
CWE-281
Improper Preservation of Permissions