GHSA-6gf5-c898-7rxpCriticalCVSS 9.0

Improper Neutralization of Script in Attributes in XWiki (X)HTML renderers

Published
May 11, 2023
Last Modified
November 7, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Impact

HTML rendering didn't check for dangerous attributes/attribute values. This allowed cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via attributes and link URLs, e.g., supported in XWiki syntax.

Patches

This has been patched in XWiki 14.6 RC1.

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading to a fixed version.

References

  • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/commit/c40e2f5f9482ec6c3e71dbf1fff5ba8a5e44cdc1
  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-663

For more information

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🎯 Affected products7

  • maven/org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-syntax-xhtml:< 14.6-rc-1
  • maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-core-rendering-api:<= 3.0-milestone-2
  • maven/org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-syntax-html:< 14.6-rc-1
  • maven/org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-syntax-html5:< 14.6-rc-1
  • maven/org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-syntax-annotatedxhtml:< 14.6-rc-1
  • maven/org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-syntax-annotatedhtml5:< 14.6-rc-1
  • maven/org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-core:< 14.6-rc-1

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