GHSA-c32m-27pj-4xcj

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c32m-27pj-4xcj
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/06/GHSA-c32m-27pj-4xcj/GHSA-c32m-27pj-4xcj.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-c32m-27pj-4xcj
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Published
2025-06-13T20:38:58Z
Modified
2025-06-13T21:42:08.089743Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
XWiki's required right warnings for macros are incomplete
Details

Impact

When editing content that contains "dangerous" macros like malicious script macros that were authored by a user with fewer rights, XWiki warns about the execution of these macros since XWiki 15.9RC1. These required rights analyzers that trigger these warnings are incomplete, allowing an attacker to hide malicious content. For most macros, the existing analyzers don't consider non-lowercase parameters. Further, most macro parameters that can contain XWiki syntax like titles of information boxes weren't analyzed at all. Similarly, the "source" parameters of the content and context macro weren't anylzed even though they could contain arbitrary XWiki syntax. In the worst case, this could allow a malicious to add malicious script macros including Groovy or Python macros to a page that are then executed after another user with programming righs edits the page, thus allowing remote code execution.

Patches

The required rights analyzers have been made more robust and extended to cover those cases in XWiki 16.4.7, 16.10.3 and 17.0.0.

Workarounds

We're not aware of any workarounds except for being careful when editing content authored by untrusted users.

References

  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22763
  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22759
  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22758
  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22799
  • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/abdcefc0db27035b67329add836fd683e0cf92b8
  • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/cc74dc802efe0e2d3fa2ba3355dbadc51c5fd8c7
  • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/0a705e8e253cb871b804e25c53b2bde879c886bd
  • https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/3d451e957fe2b14459e9ac64172b4a0e4c46971c
Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-357"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-13T17:15:23Z",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-06-13T20:38:58Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-xwiki

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-xwiki
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-xwiki

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
15.9-rc-1
Fixed
16.4.7

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-xwiki

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-xwiki
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-xwiki

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
16.5.0-rc-1
Fixed
16.10.3

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-xwiki

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-xwiki
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-xwiki

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
17.0.0-rc-1
Fixed
17.0.0

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-cache

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-cache
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-cache

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
15.9-rc-1
Fixed
16.4.7

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-cache

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-cache
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-cache

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
16.5.0-rc-1
Fixed
16.10.3

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-cache

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-cache
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-cache

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
17.0.0-rc-1
Fixed
17.0.0

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
15.9-rc-1
Fixed
16.4.7

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
16.5.0-rc-1
Fixed
17.0.0

Database specific 

{
    "last_known_affected_version_range": "< 16.10.3"
}

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
17.0.0-rc-1
Fixed
17.0.0

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-context

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-context
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-context

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
15.9-rc-1
Fixed
16.4.7

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-context

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-context
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-context

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
16.5.0-rc-1
Fixed
16.10.3

Maven / org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-context

Package

Name
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-context
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-context

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
17.0.0-rc-1
Fixed
17.0.0