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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2023-22457 EUVD-2023-0368GHSA-6mjp-2rm6-9g85

org.xwiki.contrib:application-ckeditor-ui vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Cross-Site Request Forgery

Published Jan 4, 2023 · Updated Mar 10, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

CKEditor Integration UI adds support for editing wiki pages using CKEditor. Prior to versions 1.64.3,t he `CKEditor.HTMLConverter` document lacked a protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), allowing to execute macros with the rights of the current user. If a privileged user with programming rights was tricked into executing a GET request to this document with certain parameters (e.g., via an image with a corresponding URL embedded in a comment or via a redirect), this would allow arbitrary remote code execution and the attacker could gain rights, access private information or impact the availability of the wiki. The issue has been patched in the CKEditor Integration version 1.64.3. This has also been patched in the version of the CKEditor integration that is bundled starting with XWiki 14.6 RC1. There are no known workarounds for this other than upgrading the CKEditor integration to a fixed version.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
xwiki-contrib application-ckeditor < 1.64.3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS request-tracker4 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 request-tracker4 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ckeditor3 +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS ckeditor3 +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ckeditor3 +2 No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ckeditor3 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS request-tracker4 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS request-tracker4 No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.xwiki.contrib:application-ckeditor-ui < 1.64.3 1.64.3 GHSA-6mjp-2rm6-9g85

References