CVE-2023-48293CWE-352

XWiki Admin Tools Application CSRF with QueryOnXWiki allows arbitrary database queries

High · published November 20, 2023

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The XWiki Admin Tools Application provides tools to help the administration of XWiki. Prior to version 4.5.1, a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the query on XWiki tool allows executing arbitrary database queries on the database of the XWiki installation. Among other things, this allows modifying and deleting all data of the wiki. This could be both used to damage the wiki and to create an account with elevated privileges for the attacker, thus impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki instance. A possible attack vector are comments on the wiki, by embedding an image with wiki syntax like `[[image:path:/xwiki/bin/view/Admin/QueryOnXWiki?query=DELETE%20FROM%20xwikidoc]]`, all documents would be deleted from the database when an admin user views this comment. This has been patched in Admin Tools Application 4.5.1 by adding form token checks. Some workarounds are available. The patch can also be applied manually to the affected pages. Alternatively, if the query tool is not needed, by deleting the document `Admin.SQLToolsGroovy`, all database query tools can be deactivated.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00365 · 29.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-352 · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Published
2023-11-20T18:14Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 NOV 18:14Z
    XWiki Admin Tools Application CSRF with QueryOnXWiki allows arbitrary database queries
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