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SCA: security update for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-panels-ui (GHSA-qxjg-jhgw-qhrv)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418408

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.
 In affected versions any user with view rights 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 UIX
 parameters. A proof of concept exploit is to log in, add an `XWiki.UIExtensionClass` xobject to the user
 profile page, with an Extension Parameters content containing `label={{/html}} {{async async="true"
 cached="false" context="doc.reference"}}{{groovy}}println("Hello " + "from
 groovy!"){{/groovy}}{{/async}}`. Then, navigating to `PanelsCode.ApplicationsPanelConfigurationSheet`
 (i.e., `<xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/view/PanelsCode/ApplicationsPanelConfigurationSheet` where `<xwiki-host>`
 is the URL of your XWiki installation) should not execute the Groovy script. If it does, you will see
 `Hello from groovy!` displayed on the screen. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11,
 14.4.7 and 14.10-rc-1. Users are advised to upgrade. For users unable to upgrade the issue can be fixed by
 editing the `PanelsCode.ApplicationsPanelConfigurationSheet` wiki page and making the same modifications
 as shown in commit `6de5442f3c`. (CVE-2023-27479)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qxjg-jhgw-qhrv

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 418408

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: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27479

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27479

cwe: CWE-74