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CVE-2023-26479
March 02, 2023
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 6.0, users with write rights can insert well-formed content that is not handled well by the parser. As a consequence, some pages becomes unusable, including the user index (if the page containing the faulty content is a user page) and the page index. Note that on the page, the normal UI is completely missing and it is not possible to open the editor directly to revert the change as the stack overflow is already triggered while getting the title of the document. This means that it is quite difficult to remove this content once inserted. This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.10, 14.4.6, and 14.9-rc-1. A temporary workaround to avoid Stack Overflow errors is to increase the memory allocated to the stack by using the "-Xss" JVM parameter (e.g., "-Xss32m"). This should allow the parser to pass and to fix the faulty content. The consequences for other aspects of the system (e.g., performance) are unknown, and this workaround should be only be used as a temporary solution. The workaround does not prevent the issue occurring again with other content. Consequently, it is strongly advised to upgrade to a version where the issue has been patched.
Affected Packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-parser (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=8.2-milestone-1 <13.10.10
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 13.10.10
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-parser (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=14.0 <14.4.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 14.4.6
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-parser (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=14.5 <14.9-rc-1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 14.9-rc-1
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
EPSS
Base Score:
0.28