QID 983846

QID 983846: Java (maven) Security Update for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-ratings-api (GHSA-79rg-7mv3-jrr5)

Security update has been released for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-ratings-api to fix the vulnerability. Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This issue impacts only XWiki with the Ratings API installed. The Rating Script Service expose an API to perform SQL requests without escaping the from and where search arguments. This might lead to an SQL script injection quite easily for any user having Script rights on XWiki.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.5 severity.

Solution

The problem has been patched in XWiki 12.9RC1.Workaround:
The only workaround besides upgrading XWiki would be to uninstall the Ratings API in XWiki from the Extension Manager.

Vendor References

GHSA-79rg-7mv3-jrr5 - github.com/advisories/GHSA-79rg-7mv3-jrr5

CVEs related to QID 983846

CVE-2021-21380 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GHSA-79rg-7mv3-jrr5	org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-ratings-api		github.com/advisories/GHSA-79rg-7mv3-jrr5

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