CVE-2023-26475
highpriority · attend · 57EPSS 0.636 · 99 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 2.3-milestone-1, the annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document. This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10. There is no easy workaround except to upgrade.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.8–10
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weaknesses
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affected products (11)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui14.0-rc-1 → 14.4.7osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-annotation-ui
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui14.5 → 14.10osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-annotation-ui
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui2.3-milestone-1 → 13.10.11osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-annotation-ui
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-h6f5-8jj5-cxhrxwiki-platform vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in Annotations2023-03-02ghsa · osvUS
### Impact The annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document. To reproduce: add an annotation with the content `{{groovy}}print "hello"{{/groovy}}` and click the yellow scare to get a display of the annotation inline. The result is "hello" but it should be an error suggesting that it's not allowed to use the groovy macro. ### Patches This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10. ### Workarounds There is no easy workaround except to upgrade. ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20360 https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20384 ### For more information If 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) ### Attribution This vulnerability has been reported by René de Sain @renniepak.
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-26475/cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d87d7bfd8db18c20d3264f98c6deefeae93b99f7cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-h6f5-8jj5-cxhrcnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20360cnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20384cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26475cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d87d7bfd8db18c20d3264f98c6deefeae93b99f7enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-h6f5-8jj5-cxhrenisa_euvd
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