VYPR
Critical severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2023· Updated Feb 6, 2025

Code injection via unescaped translations in xwiki-platform

CVE-2023-29510

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In XWiki, every user can add translations that are only applied to the current user. This also allows overriding existing translations. Such translations are often included in privileged contexts without any escaping which allows remote code execution for any user who has edit access on at least one document which could be the user's own profile where edit access is enabled by default. A mitigation for this vulnerability is part of XWiki 14.10.2 and XWiki 15.0 RC1: translations with user scope now require script right. This means that regular users cannot exploit this anymore as users don't have script right by default anymore starting with XWiki 14.10. There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading to a patched versions.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-uiMaven
>= 4.3-milestone-2, < 14.10.214.10.2

Affected products

1

Patches

1
d06ff8a58480

XWIKI-19749: Require script right for translations with user scope

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platformMichael HamannDec 15, 2022via ghsa
6 files changed · +224 45
  • xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-localization/xwiki-platform-localization-sources/xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki/src/main/java/org/xwiki/localization/wiki/internal/DefaultWikiTranslationConfiguration.java+51 0 added
    @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
    +/*
    + * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional
    + * information regarding copyright ownership.
    + *
    + * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    + * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
    + * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
    + * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    + *
    + * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
    + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
    + *
    + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    + * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
    + * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
    + * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
    + */
    +package org.xwiki.localization.wiki.internal;
    +
    +import javax.inject.Inject;
    +import javax.inject.Named;
    +import javax.inject.Singleton;
    +
    +import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Component;
    +import org.xwiki.configuration.ConfigurationSource;
    +
    +/**
    + * Default implementation of the {@link WikiTranslationConfiguration}.
    + *
    + * @since 14.10.2
    + * @since 15.0RC1
    + * @version $Id$
    + */
    +@Singleton
    +@Component
    +public class DefaultWikiTranslationConfiguration implements WikiTranslationConfiguration
    +{
    +    private static final String PREFIX = "localization.wiki.";
    +
    +    @Inject
    +    @Named("xwikiproperties")
    +    private ConfigurationSource configuration;
    +
    +    @Override
    +    public boolean isRestrictUserTranslations()
    +    {
    +        return this.configuration.getProperty(PREFIX + "restrictUserTranslations", true);
    +    }
    +}
    
  • xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-localization/xwiki-platform-localization-sources/xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki/src/main/java/org/xwiki/localization/wiki/internal/DocumentTranslationBundleFactory.java+9 0 modified
    @@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ public class DocumentTranslationBundleFactory implements TranslationBundleFactor
         @Inject
         private AuthorizationManager authorizationManager;
     
    +    @Inject
    +    private WikiTranslationConfiguration configuration;
    +
         /**
          * Used to cache on demand document bundles (those that are not registered as components).
          */
    @@ -447,6 +450,12 @@ private void checkRegistrationAuthorization(XWikiDocument document, Scope scope)
                     this.authorizationManager.checkAccess(Right.ADMIN, document.getAuthorReference(), document
                         .getDocumentReference().getWikiReference());
                     break;
    +            case USER:
    +                if (this.configuration.isRestrictUserTranslations()) {
    +                    this.authorizationManager.checkAccess(Right.SCRIPT, document.getAuthorReference(),
    +                        document.getDocumentReference());
    +                }
    +                break;
                 default:
                     break;
             }
    
  • xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-localization/xwiki-platform-localization-sources/xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki/src/main/java/org/xwiki/localization/wiki/internal/WikiTranslationConfiguration.java+38 0 added
    @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
    +/*
    + * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional
    + * information regarding copyright ownership.
    + *
    + * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    + * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
    + * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
    + * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    + *
    + * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
    + * Lesser General Public License for more details.
    + *
    + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    + * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
    + * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
    + * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org.
    + */
    +package org.xwiki.localization.wiki.internal;
    +
    +import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Role;
    +
    +/**
    + * Configuration of the wiki translations.
    + *
    + * @since 14.10.2
    + * @since 15.0RC1
    + * @version $Id$
    + */
    +@Role
    +public interface WikiTranslationConfiguration
    +{
    +    /**
    +     * @return if translations with user scope shall be restricted to users with script right
    +     */
    +    boolean isRestrictUserTranslations();
    +}
    
  • xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-localization/xwiki-platform-localization-sources/xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki/src/main/resources/META-INF/components.txt+1 0 modified
    @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
    +org.xwiki.localization.wiki.internal.DefaultWikiTranslationConfiguration
     org.xwiki.localization.wiki.internal.DocumentTranslationBundleFactory
     org.xwiki.localization.wiki.internal.DocumentTranslationBundleInitializer
     org.xwiki.localization.wiki.internal.TranslationDocumentClassInitializer
    
  • xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-localization/xwiki-platform-localization-sources/xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki/src/test/java/org/xwiki/localization/wiki/internal/DocumentTranslationBundleFactoryTest.java+115 45 modified
    @@ -22,95 +22,144 @@
     import java.util.Collections;
     import java.util.Locale;
     
    -import org.junit.Assert;
    -import org.junit.Before;
    -import org.junit.Rule;
    -import org.junit.Test;
    +import javax.inject.Inject;
    +
    +import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
    +import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
    +import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
    +import org.mockito.Mock;
     import org.mockito.Mockito;
    +import org.xwiki.cache.infinispan.internal.InfinispanCacheFactory;
    +import org.xwiki.cache.internal.DefaultCacheManager;
    +import org.xwiki.cache.internal.DefaultCacheManagerConfiguration;
    +import org.xwiki.component.internal.multi.ComponentManagerManager;
     import org.xwiki.component.manager.ComponentLookupException;
    -import org.xwiki.configuration.ConfigurationSource;
    +import org.xwiki.component.manager.ComponentManager;
     import org.xwiki.localization.LocalizationManager;
     import org.xwiki.localization.Translation;
     import org.xwiki.localization.TranslationBundleDoesNotExistsException;
     import org.xwiki.localization.TranslationBundleFactory;
     import org.xwiki.localization.TranslationBundleFactoryDoesNotExistsException;
    +import org.xwiki.localization.internal.DefaultLocalizationManager;
     import org.xwiki.localization.internal.DefaultTranslationBundleContext;
    +import org.xwiki.localization.messagetool.internal.MessageToolTranslationMessageParser;
     import org.xwiki.localization.wiki.internal.TranslationDocumentModel.Scope;
    +import org.xwiki.model.internal.DefaultModelContext;
     import org.xwiki.model.reference.DocumentReference;
    +import org.xwiki.observation.internal.DefaultObservationManager;
     import org.xwiki.query.Query;
     import org.xwiki.query.QueryManager;
    +import org.xwiki.rendering.internal.parser.plain.PlainTextBlockParser;
    +import org.xwiki.rendering.internal.renderer.plain.PlainTextBlockRenderer;
    +import org.xwiki.rendering.internal.renderer.plain.PlainTextRendererFactory;
     import org.xwiki.rendering.syntax.Syntax;
    -import org.xwiki.test.annotation.AfterComponent;
    -import org.xwiki.test.annotation.AllComponents;
    +import org.xwiki.security.authorization.AccessDeniedException;
    +import org.xwiki.security.authorization.Right;
    +import org.xwiki.test.LogLevel;
    +import org.xwiki.test.annotation.ComponentList;
    +import org.xwiki.test.junit5.LogCaptureExtension;
    +import org.xwiki.test.junit5.mockito.MockComponent;
     import org.xwiki.wiki.descriptor.WikiDescriptorManager;
     
     import com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiContext;
     import com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiException;
     import com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument;
     import com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseObject;
    -import com.xpn.xwiki.test.MockitoOldcoreRule;
    -
    +import com.xpn.xwiki.test.MockitoOldcore;
    +import com.xpn.xwiki.test.junit5.mockito.InjectMockitoOldcore;
    +import com.xpn.xwiki.test.junit5.mockito.OldcoreTest;
    +import com.xpn.xwiki.test.reference.ReferenceComponentList;
    +
    +import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
    +import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
    +import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
     import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
    +import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
     import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
     import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
     
    -@AllComponents
    -public class DocumentTranslationBundleFactoryTest
    +/**
    + * Unit tests for {@link DocumentTranslationBundleFactory}.
    + *
    + * @version $Id$
    + */
    +@OldcoreTest
    +@ComponentList({
    +    DocumentTranslationBundleFactory.class,
    +    DefaultLocalizationManager.class,
    +    DefaultTranslationBundleContext.class,
    +    DefaultModelContext.class,
    +    PlainTextBlockRenderer.class,
    +    PlainTextRendererFactory.class,
    +    DefaultObservationManager.class,
    +    DefaultCacheManager.class,
    +    DefaultCacheManagerConfiguration.class,
    +    MessageToolTranslationMessageParser.class,
    +    PlainTextBlockParser.class,
    +    InfinispanCacheFactory.class })
    +@ReferenceComponentList
    +class DocumentTranslationBundleFactoryTest
     {
    -    @Rule
    -    public MockitoOldcoreRule oldcore = new MockitoOldcoreRule();
    +    @InjectMockitoOldcore
    +    private MockitoOldcore oldcore;
     
    +    @MockComponent
    +    private WikiTranslationConfiguration translationConfiguration;
    +
    +    @MockComponent
         private QueryManager mockQueryManager;
     
    +    @Mock
         private Query mockQuery;
     
    +    @MockComponent
         private WikiDescriptorManager mockWikiDescriptorManager;
     
    +    @MockComponent
    +    private ComponentManagerManager componentManagerManager;
    +
    +    @Inject
         private LocalizationManager localization;
     
    -    public DocumentTranslationBundleFactoryTest()
    +    /**
    +     * Capture logs.
    +     */
    +    @RegisterExtension
    +    private LogCaptureExtension logCapture = new LogCaptureExtension(LogLevel.WARN);
    +
    +    @BeforeEach
    +    public void before() throws Exception
         {
             this.oldcore.notifyDocumentCreatedEvent(true);
             this.oldcore.notifyDocumentUpdatedEvent(true);
             this.oldcore.notifyDocumentDeletedEvent(true);
    -    }
     
    -    @Before
    -    public void before() throws Exception
    -    {
             this.oldcore.getXWikiContext().setMainXWiki("xwiki");
             this.oldcore.getXWikiContext().setWikiId("xwiki");
     
             doReturn("plain/1.0").when(this.oldcore.getSpyXWiki()).getCurrentContentSyntaxId(Mockito.any(String.class),
                 Mockito.any(XWikiContext.class));
     
    -        this.mockQuery = mock(Query.class);
    -
             when(this.mockQueryManager.createQuery(Mockito.any(String.class), Mockito.any(String.class)))
                 .thenReturn(this.mockQuery);
    -        when(this.mockQuery.execute()).thenReturn(Collections.EMPTY_LIST);
    +        when(this.mockQuery.execute()).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
     
             when(this.mockWikiDescriptorManager.getMainWikiId()).thenReturn(this.oldcore.getXWikiContext().getMainXWiki());
             when(this.mockWikiDescriptorManager.getCurrentWikiId()).thenReturn(this.oldcore.getXWikiContext().getWikiId());
     
    +        // Return the "context" component manager for the current wiki and the current user but not for another wiki.
    +        when(this.componentManagerManager.getComponentManager("wiki:xwiki", true)).thenReturn(this.oldcore.getMocker());
    +        when(this.componentManagerManager.getComponentManager("wiki:otherwiki", true))
    +            .thenReturn(mock(ComponentManager.class));
    +        when(this.componentManagerManager.getComponentManager("user:null", true)).thenReturn(this.oldcore.getMocker());
    +
             // Initialize document bundle factory
             this.oldcore.getMocker().getInstance(TranslationBundleFactory.class, DocumentTranslationBundleFactory.ID);
     
    -        this.localization = this.oldcore.getMocker().getInstance(LocalizationManager.class);
    -
    -        this.oldcore.getMocker().registerMockComponent(ConfigurationSource.class);
    -
             // We want to be notified about new components registrations
             this.oldcore.notifyComponentDescriptorEvent();
         }
     
    -    @AfterComponent
    -    public void registerComponents() throws Exception
    -    {
    -        this.mockQueryManager = this.oldcore.getMocker().registerMockComponent(QueryManager.class);
    -        this.mockWikiDescriptorManager = this.oldcore.getMocker().registerMockComponent(WikiDescriptorManager.class);
    -    }
    -
         private void addTranslation(String key, String message, DocumentReference reference, Locale locale, Scope scope)
             throws XWikiException
         {
    @@ -142,14 +191,12 @@ private void addTranslation(String key, String message, DocumentReference refere
     
             document.setSyntax(Syntax.PLAIN_1_0);
     
    -        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(document.getContent());
    +        String content = document.getContent() + '\n'
    +            + key
    +            + '='
    +            + message;
     
    -        builder.append('\n');
    -        builder.append(key);
    -        builder.append('=');
    -        builder.append(message);
    -
    -        document.setContent(builder.toString());
    +        document.setContent(content);
     
             this.oldcore.getSpyXWiki().saveDocument(document, "", this.oldcore.getXWikiContext());
         }
    @@ -159,10 +206,10 @@ private void assertTranslation(String key, String message, Locale locale)
             Translation translation = this.localization.getTranslation(key, locale);
     
             if (message != null) {
    -            Assert.assertNotNull("No translation could be found for key [" + key + "]", translation);
    -            Assert.assertEquals(message, translation.getRawSource());
    +            assertNotNull(translation, "No translation could be found for key [" + key + "]");
    +            assertEquals(message, translation.getRawSource());
             } else {
    -            Assert.assertNull(translation);
    +            assertNull(translation);
             }
         }
     
    @@ -174,7 +221,7 @@ private void resetContext() throws ComponentLookupException
         // tests
     
         @Test
    -    public void getTranslationScopeWiki() throws XWikiException, ComponentLookupException
    +    void getTranslationScopeWiki() throws XWikiException, ComponentLookupException
         {
             assertTranslation("wiki.translation", null, Locale.ROOT);
     
    @@ -191,7 +238,7 @@ public void getTranslationScopeWiki() throws XWikiException, ComponentLookupExce
         }
     
         @Test
    -    public void getTranslationScopeWikiFromOtherWiki() throws XWikiException, ComponentLookupException
    +    void getTranslationScopeWikiFromOtherWiki() throws XWikiException, ComponentLookupException
         {
             assertTranslation("wiki.translation", null, Locale.ROOT);
     
    @@ -207,7 +254,7 @@ public void getTranslationScopeWikiFromOtherWiki() throws XWikiException, Compon
         }
     
         @Test
    -    public void getTranslationScopeONDemand() throws XWikiException, TranslationBundleDoesNotExistsException,
    +    void getTranslationScopeONDemand() throws XWikiException, TranslationBundleDoesNotExistsException,
             TranslationBundleFactoryDoesNotExistsException, ComponentLookupException
         {
             assertTranslation("wiki.translation", null, Locale.ROOT);
    @@ -224,4 +271,27 @@ public void getTranslationScopeONDemand() throws XWikiException, TranslationBund
     
             assertTranslation("wiki.translation", "Wiki translation", Locale.ROOT);
         }
    +
    +    @Test
    +    void restrictUserTranslations() throws XWikiException, AccessDeniedException
    +    {
    +        DocumentReference translationDocument =
    +            new DocumentReference(this.oldcore.getXWikiContext().getWikiId(), "space", "translation");
    +
    +        when(this.translationConfiguration.isRestrictUserTranslations()).thenReturn(true);
    +
    +        addTranslation("user.translation", "User translation", translationDocument, Locale.ROOT, Scope.USER);
    +
    +        assertTranslation("user.translation", "User translation", Locale.ROOT);
    +
    +        doThrow(new AccessDeniedException(Right.SCRIPT, null, translationDocument))
    +            .when(this.oldcore.getMockAuthorizationManager()).checkAccess(Right.SCRIPT, null, translationDocument);
    +
    +        addTranslation("user.translation2", "User translation", translationDocument, Locale.ROOT, Scope.USER);
    +
    +        assertEquals("Failed to register translation bundle from document [xwiki:space.translation]",
    +            this.logCapture.getMessage(0));
    +
    +        assertTranslation("user.translation", null, Locale.ROOT);
    +    }
     }
    
  • xwiki-platform-tools/xwiki-platform-tool-configuration-resources/src/main/resources/xwiki.properties.vm+10 0 modified
    @@ -1391,4 +1391,14 @@ edit.defaultEditor.org.xwiki.rendering.block.XDOM#wysiwyg=$xwikiPropertiesDefaul
     #-# The default value is:
     # skinx.jsStrictModeEnabled = false
     
    +#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    +# Localization
    +#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    +
    +#-# [Since 14.10.2, 15.0RC1]
    +#-# Indicate whether translations with user scope that are only applied for the user who created them shall be
    +#-# restricted to users with script right. The default value is true. Disable this option only when you absolutely
    +#-# trust all users on the wiki.
    +# localization.wiki.restrictUserTranslations = true
    +
     $!xwikiPropertiesAdditionalProperties
    

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