HTTP: XWiki.org XWiki xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui Remote Code Execution

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against XWiki.org XWiki TextAreaClass displayView. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights on commonly accessible documents 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 `documentTree` macro parameters in This macro is installed by default in `FlamingoThemesCode.WebHome`. This page is installed by default. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.

Affected Products

Xwiki xwiki

Short Name
HTTP:CTS:XWIKI-PFTUI-RCE
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2023-29509 Code Execution Remote XWiki XWiki.org xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui
Release Date
05/26/2023
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3602
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Xwiki

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