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CVE-2024-31996: XWiki Commons missing escaping of `{` in Velocity escapetool allows remote code execution

April 10, 2024

The HTML escaping of escaping tool that is used in XWiki doesn’t escape {, which, when used in certain places, allows XWiki syntax injection and thereby remote code execution.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-hf43-47q4-fhq5
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/b0805160ec7b01ee12417e79cb384e60ae4817aa
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/b94142e2a66ec32e89eacab67c3da8d91f5ef93a
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/ed7ff515a2436a1c6dcbd0c6ca0c41e434d58915
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-hf43-47q4-fhq5
  • jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2828
  • jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21438
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31996

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 15.0-rc-1 before 15.5.4, all versions starting from 15.6-rc-1 before 15.9-rc-1, all versions starting from 3.0.1 before 14.10.19

Fixed versions

  • 14.10.19
  • 15.5.4
  • 15.9-rc-1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 14.10.19, 15.5.4, 15.9-rc-1 or above.

Impact 10 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-95: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')

Source file

maven/org.xwiki.commons/xwiki-commons-velocity/CVE-2024-31996.yml

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