CVE-2021-21379CWE-281

It's possible to execute anything with the rights of the author of a macro which uses the {{wikimacrocontent}} macro

High · published March 12, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions of XWiki Platform, the `{{wikimacrocontent}}` executes the content with the rights of the wiki macro author instead of the caller of that wiki macro. This makes possible to inject scripts through it and they will be executed with the rights of the wiki macro (very often a user which has Programming rights). Fortunately, no such macro exists by default in XWiki Standard but one could have been created or installed with an extension. This vulnerability has been patched in versions XWiki 12.6.3, 11.10.11 and 12.8-rc-1. There is no easy workaround other than disabling the affected macros. Inserting content in a safe way or knowing what is the user who called the wiki macro is not easy.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00476 · 40.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-281 · Improper Preservation of Permissions
Published
2021-03-12T17:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 MAR 17:30Z
    It's possible to execute anything with the rights of the author of a macro which uses the {{wikimacrocontent}} macro
    cvelistv5