CVE-2023-26055

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in maven/org.xwiki.commons/xwiki-commons-xml

Identifiers

GHSA-8cw6-4r32-6r3h, CVE-2023-26055

Package Slug

maven/org.xwiki.commons/xwiki-commons-xml

Vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Starting in version 3.1-milestone-1, any user can edit their own profile and inject code, which is going to be executed with programming right. The same vulnerability can also be exploited in all other places where short text properties are displayed, e.g., in apps created using Apps Within Minutes that use a short text field. The problem has been patched on versions 13.10.9, 14.4.4, 14.7RC1.

Affected Versions

All versions starting from 3.1-milestone-1 before 13.10.9, all versions starting from 14.0-rc-1 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.7-rc-1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 13.10.9, 14.4.4, 14.7-rc-1 or above. Note: 14.7-rc-1 may be an unstable version. Use caution.

Last Modified

2023-03-06

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