{"id":"GHSA-35j5-m29r-xfq5","summary":"XWiki Rendering's footnote macro vulnerable to privilege escalation via the footnote macro","details":"### Impact\n\nThe 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.\n\nTo reproduce, perform the following steps:\n\n1. Edit your user profile with the object editor and add an object of type DocumentSheetBinding with value XWiki.ClassSheet\n2. Edit your user profile with the wiki editor and add the syntax `{{footnote}}{{groovy}}println(\"Hello \" + \"from groovy!\"){{/groovy}}{{/footnote}}`\n\nWhen the text \"Hello from groovy!\" is displayed at the bottom of the document, the installation is vulnerable. Instead, an error should be displayed.\n\n### Patches\nThis vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.6 and 15.1-rc-1.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere is no workaround apart from upgrading to a fixed version of the footnote macro.\n\n### References\n* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-688\n* https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/commit/5f558b8fac8b716d19999225f38cb8ed0814116e\n","aliases":["CVE-2023-37912"],"modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:03.521097828Z","published":"2023-10-25T21:07:42Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2023-10-25T21:07:42Z","nvd_published_at":"2023-10-25T18:17:28Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-270"],"severity":"HIGH"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/security/advisories/GHSA-35j5-m29r-xfq5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37912"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering/commit/5f558b8fac8b716d19999225f38cb8ed0814116e"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-688"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-macro-footnotes","ecosystem":"Maven","purl":"pkg:maven/org.xwiki.rendering/xwiki-rendering-macro-footnotes"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"14.10.6"}]}],"versions":["10.0","10.1","10.1-rc-1","10.10","10.10-rc-1","10.11","10.11-rc-1","10.11.1","10.11.10","10.11.11","10.11.2","10.11.3","10.11.4","10.11.5","10.11.6","10.11.7","10.11.8","10.11.9","10.2","10.3","10.4","10.4-rc-1","10.5","10.5-rc-1","10.6","10.6-rc-1","10.6.1","10.7","10.7-rc-1","10.7.1","10.8","10.8-rc-1","10.8.1","10.8.2","10.8.3","10.9","11.0","11.0.1","11.0.2","11.0.3","11.1","11.1-rc-1","11.10","11.10.1","11.10.10","11.10.11","11.10.12","11.10.13","11.10.2","11.10.3","11.10.4","11.10.5","11.10.6","11.10.7","11.10.8","11.2","11.2-rc-1","11.3","11.3-rc-1","11.3.1","11.3.2","11.3.3","11.3.4","11.3.5","11.3.6","11.3.7","11.4","11.4-rc-1","11.5","11.5-rc-1","11.6","11.6-rc-1","11.6.1","11.7","11.7-rc-1","11.8","11.8-rc-1","11.8.1","11.9","12.0","12.0-rc-1","12.1","12.1-rc-1","12.10","12.10.1","12.10.10","12.10.11","12.10.2","12.10.3","12.10.4","12.10.5","12.10.6","12.10.7","12.10.8","12.10.9","12.2","12.2.1","12.3","12.3-rc-1","12.4","12.4-rc-1","12.5","12.5-rc-1","12.5.1","12.6","12.6.1","12.6.2","12.6.3","12.6.4","12.6.5","12.6.6","12.6.7","12.6.8","12.7","12.7-rc-1","12.7.1","12.8","12.8-rc-1","12.9","12.9-rc-1","13.0","13.1","13.1-rc-1","13.10","13.10-rc-1","13.10.1","13.10.10","13.10.11","13.10.2","13.10.3","13.10.4","13.10.5","13.10.6","13.10.7","13.10.8","13.10.9","13.2","13.2-rc-1","13.3","13.3-rc-1","13.4","13.4-rc-1","13.4.1","13.4.2","13.4.3","13.4.4","13.4.5","13.4.6","13.4.7","13.5","13.5-rc-1","13.6","13.6-rc-1","13.7","13.7-rc-1","13.8","13.8-rc-1","13.9","13.9-rc-1","14.0","14.0-rc-1","14.1","14.1-rc-1","14.10","14.10.1","14.10.2","14.10.3","14.10.4","14.10.5","14.2","14.2-rc-1","14.2.1","14.3","14.3-rc-1","14.3.1","14.4","14.4-rc-1","14.4.1","14.4.2","14.4.3","14.4.4","14.4.5","14.4.6","14.4.7","14.4.8","14.5","14.6","14.6-rc-1","14.7","14.7-rc-1","14.8","14.8-rc-1","14.9","14.9-rc-1","3.2","3.2-milestone-3","3.2-rc-1","3.2.1","3.3","3.3-milestone-1","3.3-milestone-2","3.3-rc-1","3.3.1","3.4","3.4-milestone-1","3.4-rc-1","3.5","3.5-milestone-1","3.5.1","4.0","4.0-milestone-1","4.0-milestone-2","4.0-rc-1","4.0.1","4.1","4.1-milestone-1","4.1-milestone-2","4.1-rc-1","4.1.1","4.1.2","4.1.3","4.1.4","4.2","4.2-milestone-1","4.2-milestone-2","4.2-milestone-3","4.2-rc-1","4.3","4.3-milestone-1","4.3-milestone-2","4.3-rc-1","4.3.1","4.4","4.4-rc-1","4.4.1","4.5","4.5-milestone-1","4.5-rc-1","4.5.1","4.5.2","4.5.3","5.0","5.0-milestone-1","5.0-milestone-2","5.0-rc-1","5.0.1","5.0.2","5.0.3","5.1","5.1-milestone-1","5.1-milestone-2","5.1-rc-1","5.2","5.2-milestone-1","5.2-milestone-2","5.2-rc-1","5.2.1","5.2.2","5.2.3","5.2.4","5.3","5.3-milestone-1","5.3-milestone-2","5.3-rc-1","5.4","5.4-milestone-1","5.4-rc-1","5.4.1","5.4.2","5.4.3","5.4.4","5.4.5","5.4.6","5.4.7","6.0","6.0-milestone-1","6.0-milestone-2","6.0-rc-1","6.0.1","6.1","6.1-milestone-1","6.1-milestone-2","6.1-rc-1","6.2","6.2-milestone-1","6.2-milestone-2","6.2-rc-1","6.2.1","6.2.2","6.2.3","6.2.4","6.2.5","6.2.7","6.3","6.3-milestone-1","6.3-milestone-2","6.3-rc-1","6.4","6.4-milestone-1","6.4-milestone-2","6.4-milestone-3","6.4-rc-1","6.4.1","6.4.2","6.4.3","6.4.4","6.4.5","6.4.6","6.4.7","6.4.8","7.0","7.0-milestone-1","7.0-milestone-2","7.0-rc-1","7.0.1","7.1","7.1-milestone-1","7.1-milestone-2","7.1-rc-1","7.1.1","7.1.2","7.1.3","7.1.4","7.2","7.2-milestone-1","7.2-milestone-2","7.2-milestone-3","7.2-rc-1","7.3","7.3-milestone-1","7.3-rc-1","7.4","7.4-milestone-1","7.4-milestone-2","7.4-rc-1","7.4.1","7.4.2","7.4.4","7.4.5","7.4.6","8.0","8.0-milestone-1","8.0-milestone-2","8.0-rc-1","8.1","8.1-milestone-1","8.1-milestone-2","8.1-rc-1","8.2","8.2-milestone-1","8.2-milestone-2","8.2-rc-1","8.2.1","8.2.2","8.3","8.3-milestone-2","8.3-rc-1","8.4","8.4-rc-1","8.4.1","8.4.2","8.4.3","8.4.4","8.4.5","8.4.6","9.0","9.0-rc-1","9.1","9.1-rc-1","9.1.1","9.1.2","9.10","9.10-rc-1","9.10.1","9.11","9.11-rc-1","9.11.1","9.11.2","9.11.3","9.11.4","9.11.5","9.11.6","9.11.7","9.11.8"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