CVE-2022-24898

Arbitrary file access through XML parsing in org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml

State: Published
Severity: 4.9 Medium
Published: Apr 28, 2022
Updated: Apr 22, 2025
Reserved: Feb 10, 2022

Description

org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml is a common module used by other XWiki top level projects. Starting in version 2.7 and prior to versions 12.10.10, 13.4.4, and 13.8-rc-1, it is possible for a script to access any file accessing to the user running XWiki application server with XML External Entity Injection through the XML script service. The problem has been patched in versions 12.10.10, 13.4.4, and 13.8-rc-1. There is no easy workaround for fixing this vulnerability other than upgrading and being careful when giving Script rights.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.9 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Affected Products

Product	Versions
xwiki-commonsxwiki	>= 2.7, < 12.10.10Affected >= 13.0, < 13.4.4Affected >= 13.5-rc-1, <= 13.7Affected

References

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