title: XWiki Commons may allow privilege escalation to programming rights via user's first name
description: XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Starting in version 3.1-milestone-1, any user can edit their own profile and inject code, which is going to be executed with programming right. The same vulnerability can also be exploited in all other places where short text properties are displayed, e.g., in apps created using Apps Within Minutes that use a short text field. The problem has been patched on versions 13.10.9, 14.4.4, 14.7RC1.
problem types: CWE-150: Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
affected:
{
vendor: xwiki
product: xwiki-commons
versions:
version: >= 3.1-milestone-1, < 13.10.9, status: affected
version: >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.4, status: affected
version: >= 14.5, < 14.7-rc-1, status: affected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 10
baseSeverity: CRITICAL
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]