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XWiki < 13.10.8, 14.x < 14.4.3, 14.5.x < 14.6 Eval Injection Vulnerability (GHSA-6w8h-26xx-cf8q)

🗓️ 24 Nov 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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XWiki Eval Injection Vulnerability (GHSA-6w8h-26xx-cf8q

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.170250");
  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:"2022-11-24 14:20:59 +0000 (Thu, 24 Nov 2022)");
  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:"2022-11-30 17:30:00 +0000 (Wed, 30 Nov 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-41934");

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

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

  script_name("XWiki < 13.10.8, 14.x < 14.4.3, 14.5.x < 14.6 Eval Injection Vulnerability (GHSA-6w8h-26xx-cf8q)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 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 an improper neutralization of directives in
  dynamically evaluated code (eval injection) vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Any user with view rights on commonly accessible documents
  including the menu macro can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to
  full access to the XWiki installation due to improper escaping of the macro content and parameters
  of the menu macro.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki prior to version 13.10.8, 14.x prior to 14.4.3 and 14.5.x
  prior to 14.6.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 13.10.8, 14.4.3, 14.6 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-6w8h-26xx-cf8q");

  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:"13.10.8" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"13.10.8", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"14.0", test_version_up:"14.4.3" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.4.3", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"14.5", test_version_up:"14.6" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.6", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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29 Jan 2026 00:00Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
CVSS 3.18.8 - 9.9
EPSS0.01298
SSVC
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