XWiki 4.1-milestone-2 < 14.10.5 XSS Vulnerability (GHSA-h8cm-3v5f-rgp6)
🗓️ 24 Aug 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the XWiki Platform, a platform for creating collaborative web applications, stems from the lack of protective measures for website structures. This allows attackers to carry out Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. | 4 Sep 202300:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2023-40176 | 24 Aug 202300:14 | – | circl | |
| XWiki Platform 跨站脚本漏洞 | 23 Aug 202300:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2023-40176 | 23 Aug 202319:33 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2023-40176 SXSS in the user profile via the timezone displayer | 23 Aug 202319:33 | – | cvelist | |
| XWiki Platform Stored Cross-site Scripting in the user profile via the timezone displayer | 21 Aug 202319:59 | – | github | |
| CVE-2023-40176 | 23 Aug 202320:15 | – | nvd | |
| GHSA-H8CM-3V5F-RGP6 XWiki Platform Stored Cross-site Scripting in the user profile via the timezone displayer | 21 Aug 202319:59 | – | osv | |
| Design/Logic Flaw | 23 Aug 202320:15 | – | prion | |
| PT-2023-4712 · Xwiki · Xwiki Platform | 21 Aug 202300:00 | – | ptsecurity |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| github | www.github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8cm-3v5f-rgp6 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:xwiki:xwiki";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127530");
script_version("2025-11-19T05:40:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-19 05:40:23 +0000 (Wed, 19 Nov 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-08-24 09:00:22 +0000 (Thu, 24 Aug 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:"2023-08-29 15:29:00 +0000 (Tue, 29 Aug 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-40176");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("XWiki 4.1-milestone-2 < 14.10.5 XSS Vulnerability (GHSA-h8cm-3v5f-rgp6)");
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:"Any registered user can exploit a stored XSS through their user
profile by setting the payload as the value of the time zone user preference.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki version 4.1-milestone-2 prior to 14.10.5.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 14.10.5 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8cm-3v5f-rgp6");
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_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"4.1-milestone-2", test_version_up:"14.10.5" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.10.5", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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