CVE-2020-15252 HIGH

CVE-2020-15252: RCE in XWiki

Vendor Xwiki
Product xwiki-platform
Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published October 16, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

In XWiki before version 12.5 and 11.10.6, any user with SCRIPT right (EDIT right before XWiki 7.4) can gain access to the application server Servlet context which contains tools allowing to instantiate arbitrary Java objects and invoke methods that may lead to arbitrary code execution. This is patched in XWiki 12.5 and XWiki 11.10.6.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 16, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated