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| Vulnerability_id | VCID-sr4u-a9ek-u3g9 |
| Summary | XWiki Platform: Privilege escalation (PR) from user registration through PDFClass
### Impact
Remote code execution is possible via PDF export templates.
To reproduce on an installation, register a new user account with username `PDFClass` if `XWiki.PDFClass` does not exist.
On `XWiki.PDFClass`, use the class editor to add a "style" property of type "TextArea" and content type "Plain Text".
Then, add an object of class `PDFClass` and set the "style" attribute to `$services.logging.getLogger('PDFClass').error("I got programming: $services.security.authorization.hasAccess('programming')")`.
Finally, go to `<host>/xwiki/bin/export/Main/WebHome?format=pdf&pdftemplate=XWiki.PDFClass`. If the logs contain "ERROR PDFClass - I got programming: true", the instance is vulnerable.
### Patches
This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.20, 15.5.4 and 15.10-rc-1.
### Workarounds
If PDF templates are not typically used on the instance, an administrator can create the document `XWiki.PDFClass` and block its edition, after making sure that it does not contain a `style` attribute.
Otherwise, the instance needs to be updated.
### References
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21337
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d28e21a670c69880b951e415dd2ddd69d273eae9 |
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| alias |
GHSA-vxwr-wpjv-qjq7 |
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https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-31981 |
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https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-31981 |
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https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21337 |
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https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21337 |
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| cwe_id |
862 |
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Missing Authorization |
| description |
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. |
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937 |
| name |
OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities |
| description |
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013. |
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| cwe_id |
1035 |
| name |
OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities |
| description |
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017. |
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| Severity_range_score | 9.0 - 10.0 |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted_severity | 9.0 |
| Risk_score | 4.5 |
| Resource_url | http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-sr4u-a9ek-u3g9 |