CVE-2024-42489: Pro Macros Remote Code Execution via Viewpdf and similar macros
First published: Mon Aug 12 2024(Updated: )
Pro Macros provides XWiki rendering macros. Missing escaping in the Viewpdf macro allows any user with view right on the `CKEditor.HTMLConverter` page or edit or comment right on any page to perform remote code execution. Other macros like Viewppt are vulnerable to the same kind of attack. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.10.1.
Credit: security-advisories@github.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Xwiki Pro Macros | >=1.0<1.10.1 |
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Reference Links
- https://github.com/xwikisas/xwiki-pro-macros/security/advisories/GHSA-cfq3-q227-7j65
- https://github.com/xwikisas/xwiki-pro-macros/commit/199553c84901999481a20614f093af2d57970eba
- https://github.com/xwikisas/xwiki-pro-macros/blob/main/xwiki-pro-macros-ui/src/main/resources/Confluence/Macros/Viewpdf.xml#L265-L267
- agent/title
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/author
- agent/event
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/remedy
- agent/severity
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-api
- source/NVD
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/xwiki
- canonical/xwiki pro macros
- version/xwiki pro macros/1.0