CVE-2023-35158: XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via xredirect parameter in restore template

9.7 CVSS

Description

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 restore template to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > /xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/Main?xpage=restore&showBatch=true&xredirect=javascript:alert(document.domain). This vulnerability exists since XWiki 9.4-rc-1. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2023-35158

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.7

Affected Products

Vendor: xwiki

Product: xwiki-platform

Nuclei Template

http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-35158.yaml

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 31.81% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 97.06% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-mwxj-g7fw-7hc8
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d5472100606c8355ed44ada273e91df91f682738
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20352
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583

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