CVE-2023-37913

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-office-importer vulnerable to arbitrary server side file writing from account through office converter

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 25, 2023 at 05:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXwiki

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Starting in version 3.5-milestone-1 and prior to versions 14.10.8 and 15.3-rc-1, triggering the office converter with a specially crafted file name allows writing the attachment's content to an attacker-controlled location on the server as long as the Java process has write access to that location. In particular in the combination with attachment moving, a feature introduced in XWiki 14.0, this is easy to reproduce but it also possible to reproduce in versions as old as XWiki 3.5 by uploading the attachment through the REST API which doesn't remove `/` or `\` from the filename. As the mime type of the attachment doesn't matter for the exploitation, this could e.g., be used to replace the `jar`-file of an extension which would allow executing arbitrary Java code and thus impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the XWiki installation. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.8 and 15.3RC1. There are no known workarounds apart from disabling the office converter.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 14.10.8v < 15.3-rc-115.0 ≤ v < 15.33.5 ≤ v < 14.10.8
Affected range stops below 14.10.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.3-rc-1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22CWE-23

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