XWiki < 14.8 XSS Vulnerability (GHSA-vxf7-mx22-jr24)

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CPE = "cpe:/a:xwiki:xwiki";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124357");
  script_version("2026-01-29T08:35:42+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-01-29 08:35:42 +0000 (Thu, 29 Jan 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-07-13 09:03:39 +0000 (Thu, 13 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-04-26 18:37:00 +0000 (Wed, 26 Apr 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-29205");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("XWiki < 14.8 XSS Vulnerability (GHSA-vxf7-mx22-jr24)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_xwiki_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("xwiki/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Xwiki is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The HTML macro does not systematically perform a proper
  neutralization of script-related html tags. As a result, any user able to use the html macro in
  XWiki, is able to introduce an XSS attack. This can be particularly dangerous since in a standard
  wiki, any user is able to use the html macro directly in their own user profile page.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki versions prior to 14.8.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 14.8 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-vxf7-mx22-jr24");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if ( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if ( version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "14.8" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14.8", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );