XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via back and xcontinue parameters in resubmit template
ImpactUsers are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS).
It's possible to exploit the resubmit template to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as:xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/Main?xpage=resubmit&resubmit=javascript:alert(document.domain)&xback=javascript:alert(document.domain)This vulnerability exists since XWiki 2.5-milestone-2.PatchesThe vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.WorkaroundsIt's possible to workaround the vulnerability by editing the template resubmit.vm to perform checks on it, but note that the appropriate fix involves new APIs that have been recently introduced in XWiki. See the referenced jira tickets.ReferencesJira ticket about the vulnerability: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20343Introduction of the macro used for fixing all those vulnerabilities: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583Commit containing the actual fix in the page: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/dbc92dcdace33823ffd1e1591617006cb5fc6a7fFor more informationIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)AttributionThis vulnerability has been reported by René de Sain @renniepak.