CVE-2020-15171

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15171
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-10 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-18 17:49:00 UTC
DescriptionIn XWiki before versions 11.10.5 or 12.2.1, any user with SCRIPT right (EDIT right before XWiki 7.4) can gain access to the application server Servlet context which contains tools allowing to instantiate arbitrary Java objects and invoke methods that may lead to arbitrary code execution. The only workaround is to give SCRIPT right only to trusted users.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-74

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xwiki Xwiki All All All All
Application Xwiki Xwiki All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Users with SCRIPT right can access the application server instance manager and create arbitrary Java objects through $request binding · Advisory · xwiki/xwiki-platform · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 983501 Java (maven) Security Update for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (GHSA-7qw5-pqhc-xm4g)

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