VYPR
Critical severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 16, 2023· Updated Feb 6, 2025

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui vulnerable to privilege escalation

CVE-2023-30537

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with the right to add an object on a page can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the styles properties FlamingoThemesCode.WebHome. This page is installed by default. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki versions 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-uiMaven
>= 12.6.6, < 13.10.1113.10.11
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-uiMaven
>= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.714.4.7
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-uiMaven
>= 14.5, < 14.1014.10

Affected products

1

Patches

1
df596f153683

XWIKI-20280: Improved link display for FlamingoThemesCode.WebHomeSheet

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platformManuel LeducNov 22, 2022via ghsa
5 files changed · +226 5
  • xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-flamingo/xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme/xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui/pom.xml+22 0 modified
    @@ -118,6 +118,12 @@
           <scope>runtime</scope>
           <type>xar</type>
         </dependency>
    +    <dependency>
    +      <groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
    +      <artifactId>xwiki-platform-wiki-script</artifactId>
    +      <version>${project.version}</version>
    +      <scope>runtime</scope>
    +    </dependency>
         <!-- Test dependencies. -->
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
    @@ -138,6 +144,22 @@
           <type>test-jar</type>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
    +    <!-- Security Script Component List for the Page Tests. -->
    +    <dependency>
    +      <groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
    +      <artifactId>xwiki-platform-security-authorization-script</artifactId>
    +      <version>${project.version}</version>
    +      <scope>test</scope>
    +      <type>test-jar</type>
    +    </dependency>
    +    <!-- Wiki Manager Component List for the Page Tests. -->
    +    <dependency>
    +      <groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
    +      <artifactId>xwiki-platform-wiki-script</artifactId>
    +      <version>${project.version}</version>
    +      <scope>test</scope>
    +      <type>test-jar</type>
    +    </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     
       <build>
    
  • xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-flamingo/xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme/xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui/src/main/resources/FlamingoThemesCode/WebHomeSheet.xml+15 3 modified
    @@ -180,9 +180,21 @@
         ## Display the informations
         (% class="theme-info" %)
         (((
    -      === [[$themeDoc.displayTitle&gt;&gt;$fullName]] #if ($isSubWiki &amp;&amp; $scope == 'local') ($services.wiki.currentWikiId)#end===
    +      #set ($themeDocTitle = $services.rendering.escape($services.rendering.escape($themeDoc.displayTitle, 'xwiki/2.1'),
    +        'xwiki/2.1'))
    +      #set ($themeDocLink = $services.rendering.escape($fullName, 'xwiki/2.1'))
    +      === [[$themeDocTitle&gt;&gt;$themeDocLink]] #if ($isSubWiki &amp;&amp; $scope ==
    +        'local') ($services.rendering.escape($services.wiki.currentWikiId, 'xwiki/2.1'))#end===
           #if ($hasAdmin &amp;&amp; !$isCurrentTheme)
    -        $services.icon.render('bullet_go') [[$services.localization.render('platform.flamingo.themes.home.useThisTheme')&gt;&gt;path:$doc.getURL('view', "action=setTheme&amp;theme=${fullName}&amp;form_token=$services.csrf.token")]]
    +        #set ($useThisThemeTitle = $services.rendering.escape($services.rendering.escape($services.localization.render(
    +          'platform.flamingo.themes.home.useThisTheme'), 'xwiki/2.1'), 'xwiki/2.1'))
    +        #set ($viewThemeUrl = $doc.getURL('view', $escapetool.url({
    +          'action': 'setTheme',
    +          'theme': $fullName,
    +          'form_token': $services.csrf.token
    +        })))
    +        #set ($useThisThemePath = "path:$viewThemeUrl")
    +        $services.icon.render('bullet_go') [[$useThisThemeTitle&gt;&gt;$useThisThemePath]]
           #end
         )))
       )))
    @@ -196,7 +208,7 @@
         #if("$!value" == '')
           #set($value = $fallback)
         #end
    -    $value##
    +    $escapetool.xml($value)##
       #end
     
       {{html}}
    
  • xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-flamingo/xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme/xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui/src/test/java/org/xwiki/flamingo/WebHomeSheetPageTest.java+103 2 modified
    @@ -19,21 +19,46 @@
      */
     package org.xwiki.flamingo;
     
    +import java.util.List;
    +
    +import javax.script.ScriptContext;
    +
     import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
    +import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
    +import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
     import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
     import org.xwiki.localization.macro.internal.TranslationMacro;
     import org.xwiki.model.reference.DocumentReference;
    +import org.xwiki.model.script.ModelScriptService;
    +import org.xwiki.query.Query;
    +import org.xwiki.query.script.QueryManagerScriptService;
     import org.xwiki.rendering.RenderingScriptServiceComponentList;
     import org.xwiki.rendering.internal.configuration.DefaultExtendedRenderingConfiguration;
     import org.xwiki.rendering.internal.configuration.RenderingConfigClassDocumentConfigurationSource;
     import org.xwiki.rendering.internal.macro.message.ErrorMessageMacro;
    +import org.xwiki.script.ScriptContextManager;
    +import org.xwiki.script.service.ScriptService;
    +import org.xwiki.security.authorization.AuthorizationManager;
    +import org.xwiki.security.authorization.Right;
    +import org.xwiki.security.script.SecurityScriptServiceComponentList;
     import org.xwiki.test.annotation.ComponentList;
     import org.xwiki.test.page.HTML50ComponentList;
     import org.xwiki.test.page.PageTest;
     import org.xwiki.test.page.TestNoScriptMacro;
     import org.xwiki.test.page.XWikiSyntax21ComponentList;
    +import org.xwiki.wiki.script.WikiManagerScriptServiceComponentList;
    +
    +import com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiException;
    +import com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument;
    +import com.xpn.xwiki.objects.BaseObject;
     
    +import static javax.script.ScriptContext.GLOBAL_SCOPE;
     import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
    +import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
    +import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
    +import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
    +import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
    +import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
     
     /**
      * Test of the {@code FlamingoThemesCode.WebHomeSheet} page.
    @@ -46,25 +71,101 @@
     @HTML50ComponentList
     @XWikiSyntax21ComponentList
     @RenderingScriptServiceComponentList
    +@SecurityScriptServiceComponentList
    +@WikiManagerScriptServiceComponentList
     @ComponentList({
         ErrorMessageMacro.class,
         TranslationMacro.class,
         TestNoScriptMacro.class,
         DefaultExtendedRenderingConfiguration.class,
    -    RenderingConfigClassDocumentConfigurationSource.class
    +    RenderingConfigClassDocumentConfigurationSource.class,
    +    ModelScriptService.class
     })
     class WebHomeSheetPageTest extends PageTest
     {
    +    private static final DocumentReference WEBHOME_SHEET =
    +        new DocumentReference("xwiki", "FlamingoThemesCode", "WebHomeSheet");
    +
    +    private static final DocumentReference NEW_THEME_DOCUMENT_REFERENCE =
    +        new DocumentReference("xwiki", "Space", "NewTheme");
    +
    +    private QueryManagerScriptService queryManagerScriptService;
    +
    +    private AuthorizationManager authorizationManager;
    +
    +    private ScriptContext scriptContext;
    +
    +    @BeforeEach
    +    void setUp() throws Exception
    +    {
    +        this.queryManagerScriptService =
    +            this.componentManager.registerMockComponent(ScriptService.class, "query", QueryManagerScriptService.class,
    +                false);
    +        this.authorizationManager = this.componentManager.getInstance(AuthorizationManager.class);
    +        this.scriptContext = this.oldcore.getMocker().<ScriptContextManager>getInstance(ScriptContextManager.class)
    +            .getCurrentScriptContext();
    +    }
    +
         @Test
         void createAction() throws Exception
         {
             this.request.put("newThemeName", "some content\"/}}{{noscript/}}");
             this.request.put("form_token", "1");
             this.request.put("action", "create");
     
    -        Document document = this.renderHTMLPage(new DocumentReference("xwiki", "FlamingoThemesCode", "WebHomeSheet"));
    +        Document document = renderHTMLPage(WEBHOME_SHEET);
     
             assertEquals("platform.flamingo.themes.home.create.csrf [some content\"/}}{{noscript/}}]",
                 document.select(".box.errormessage").text());
         }
    +
    +    @Test
    +    void listAvailableThemes() throws Exception
    +    {
    +        loadPage(new DocumentReference("xwiki", "FlamingoThemes", "Charcoal"));
    +        initNewTheme();
    +        
    +        // Mock the database.
    +        Query query = mock(Query.class);
    +        when(this.queryManagerScriptService.xwql("from doc.object(FlamingoThemesCode.ThemeClass) obj WHERE doc"
    +            + ".fullName <> 'FlamingoThemesCode.ThemeTemplate' ORDER BY doc.name")).thenReturn(query);
    +        when(query.setWiki(anyString())).thenReturn(query);
    +        when(query.execute()).thenReturn(List.of("Space.NewTheme"));
    +        
    +        // Allow the current user to have access to the resources.
    +        when(this.authorizationManager.hasAccess(eq(Right.VIEW), any(), eq(NEW_THEME_DOCUMENT_REFERENCE)))
    +            .thenReturn(true);
    +        this.scriptContext.setAttribute("hasAdmin", true, GLOBAL_SCOPE);
    +
    +        Document document = renderHTMLPage(WEBHOME_SHEET);
    +        
    +        // Validate the links and styles.
    +        Element newThemeHeader = document.select("h3").get(1);
    +        String newThemeHeaderText = newThemeHeader.text();
    +        String newThemeHeaderLinkHref = newThemeHeader.selectFirst("a").attr("href");
    +        assertEquals("]] &#123;&#123;noscript}}println(\"Hello from title!\")&#123;&#123;/noscript}}",
    +            newThemeHeaderText);
    +        assertEquals("Space.NewTheme", newThemeHeaderLinkHref);
    +
    +        String newThemeMockupPageStyle = document.select(".mockup-page").get(1).attr("style");
    +        assertEquals("background-color: {{/html}} {{noscript}}println(\"Hello from body-bg!\"){{/noscript}} \"/>"
    +                + "<script>...</script/>",
    +            newThemeMockupPageStyle);
    +    }
    +
    +    /**
    +     * Creates a new page describing a theme.
    +     *
    +     * @throws XWikiException in case of error
    +     */
    +    private void initNewTheme() throws XWikiException
    +    {
    +        XWikiDocument newTheme = this.xwiki.getDocument(NEW_THEME_DOCUMENT_REFERENCE, this.context);
    +        newTheme.setTitle("]] {{noscript}}println(\"Hello from title!\"){{/noscript}}");
    +        BaseObject baseObject =
    +            newTheme.newXObject(new DocumentReference("xwiki", "FlamingoThemesCode", "ThemeClass"), this.context);
    +        baseObject.setStringValue("body-bg",
    +            "{{/html}} {{noscript}}println(\"Hello from body-bg!\"){{/noscript}} \"/><script>...</script/>");
    +        this.xwiki.saveDocument(newTheme, this.context);
    +    }
     }
    
  • xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-wiki/xwiki-platform-wiki-script/pom.xml+21 0 modified
    @@ -76,4 +76,25 @@
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
    +  <build>
    +    <plugins>
    +      <plugin>
    +        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    +        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
    +        <executions>
    +          <execution>
    +            <id>test-jar</id>
    +            <goals>
    +              <goal>test-jar</goal>
    +            </goals>
    +            <configuration>
    +              <includes>
    +                <include>**/WikiManagerScriptServiceComponentList.class</include>
    +              </includes>
    +            </configuration>
    +          </execution>
    +        </executions>
    +      </plugin>
    +    </plugins>
    +  </build>
     </project>
    
  • xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-wiki/xwiki-platform-wiki-script/src/test/java/org/xwiki/wiki/script/WikiManagerScriptServiceComponentList.java+65 0 added
    @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
    +/*
    + * 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.wiki.script;
    +
    +import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
    +import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
    +import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
    +import java.lang.annotation.Target;
    +
    +import org.xwiki.test.annotation.ComponentList;
    +import org.xwiki.url.internal.standard.DefaultStandardURLConfiguration;
    +import org.xwiki.wiki.internal.configuration.DefaultWikiConfiguration;
    +import org.xwiki.wiki.internal.descriptor.builder.DefaultWikiDescriptorBuilder;
    +import org.xwiki.wiki.internal.descriptor.document.DefaultWikiDescriptorDocumentHelper;
    +import org.xwiki.wiki.internal.manager.DefaultWikiCreator;
    +import org.xwiki.wiki.internal.manager.DefaultWikiDeleter;
    +import org.xwiki.wiki.internal.manager.DefaultWikiManager;
    +import org.xwiki.wiki.internal.provisioning.DefaultWikiCopier;
    +
    +import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE;
    +import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
    +import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
    +import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
    +
    +/**
    + * Pack of default Components that are needed for the wiki manager script service.
    + *
    + * @version $Id$
    + * @since 14.10RC1
    + */
    +@Documented
    +@Retention(RUNTIME)
    +@Target({ TYPE, METHOD, ANNOTATION_TYPE })
    +@ComponentList({
    +    WikiManagerScriptService.class,
    +    DefaultWikiManager.class,
    +    DefaultWikiCreator.class,
    +    DefaultWikiDescriptorBuilder.class,
    +    DefaultWikiDescriptorDocumentHelper.class,
    +    DefaultWikiConfiguration.class,
    +    DefaultWikiCopier.class,
    +    DefaultWikiDeleter.class,
    +    DefaultStandardURLConfiguration.class
    +})
    +@Inherited
    +public @interface WikiManagerScriptServiceComponentList
    +{
    +}
    

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