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SCA: security update for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (GHSA-m5m2-h6h9-p2c8)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416746

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it.
 It is possible in XWiki to execute Velocity code without having script right by creating an XClass with a
 property of type "TextArea" and content type "VelocityCode" or "VelocityWiki". For the former, the syntax
 of the document needs to be set the `xwiki/1.0` (this syntax doesn't need to be installed). In both cases,
 when adding the property to an object, the Velocity code is executed regardless of the rights of the
 author of the property (edit right is still required, though). In both cases, the code is executed with
 the correct context author so no privileged APIs can be accessed. However, Velocity still grants access to
 otherwise inaccessible data and APIs that could allow further privilege escalation. At least for
 "VelocityCode", this behavior is most likely very old but only since XWiki 7.2, script right is a separate
 right, before that version all users were allowed to execute Velocity and thus this was expected and not a
 security issue. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.10 and 15.4 RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There
 are no known workarounds. (CVE-2023-41046)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5m2-h6h9-p2c8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416746

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.57

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41046

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41046

cwe: CWE-862