CVE-2020-15252

highpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.034 · 89 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.36% (89th) EPSS

CVSS 9 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 10

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 6

v3.18.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-74USprimaryCWE-74USCWE-94USCWE-94US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

xwiki xwiki-platform≤ < 11.10.6enisa_euvdEU
xwiki xwiki-platform12.0, → 12.5enisa_euvdEU
xwiki xwiki< 11.10.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xwiki xwiki12.0 → 12.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore< 11.10.6osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore12.0 → 12.5osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-5hv6-mh8q-q9v8RCE in XWiki2020-10-16ghsa · osvUS
### Impact 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. ### Patches It has been patched in both version XWiki 12.5 and XWiki 11.10.6. ### Workarounds The only workaround is to give SCRIPT right only to trusted users. ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17423 It's been reported by the GitHub Security Lab under https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17141. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira XWiki](https://jira.xwiki.org) * Email us at [our security mailing list](mailto:security@xwiki.org)

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-10-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

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