XWiki < 14.10.6, 15.0-rc-1 < 15.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-35j5-m29r-xfq5)

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124464");
  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:"2023-11-16 12:10:52 +0000 (Thu, 16 Nov 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-10-31 18:48:00 +0000 (Tue, 31 Oct 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-37912");

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

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

  script_name("XWiki < 14.10.6, 15.0-rc-1 < 15.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-35j5-m29r-xfq5)");

  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 privilege escalation vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The footnote macro executed its content in a potentially
  different context than the one in which it was defined. In particular in combination with the
  include macro, this allows privilege escalation from a simple user account in XWiki to
  programming rights and thus remote code execution, impacting the confidentiality, integrity and
  availability of the whole XWiki installation.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki prior to version 14.10.6 and 15.0-rc-1 prior to
  15.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 14.10.6, 15.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/security/advisories/GHSA-35j5-m29r-xfq5");

  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: "14.10.6" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "14.10.6", install_path: location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"15.0-rc-1", test_version_up:"15.1" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"15.1", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );