CVE-2023-29208
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Rights added to a document are not taken into account for viewing it once it's deleted. Note that this vulnerability only impact deleted documents that where containing view rights: the view rights provided on a space of a deleted document are properly checked. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10 by checking the rights of current user: only admin and deleter of the document are allowed to view it.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore1.2-milestone-1 → 13.10.11osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore14.0-rc-1 → 14.4.7osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore14.5 → 14.10osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-4f8g-fq6x-jqrrorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore vulnerable to data leak through deleted documents 2023-04-12ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Rights added to a document are not taken into account for viewing it once it's deleted. Note that this vulnerability only impact deleted documents that where containing view rights: the view rights provided on a space of a deleted document are properly checked. ### Patches The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10 by checking the rights of current user: only admin and deleter of the document are allowed to view it. ### Workarounds There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading. ### References * Jira ticket: https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16285 * Commit: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d9e947559077e947315bf700c5703dfc7dd8a8d7 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira](https://jira.xwiki.org) * Email us at [security ML](mailto:security@xwiki.org)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-29208/cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d9e947559077e947315bf700c5703dfc7dd8a8d7cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8g-fq6x-jqrrcnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16285cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d9e947559077e947315bf700c5703dfc7dd8a8d7enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8g-fq6x-jqrrenisa_euvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16285enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d9e947559077e947315bf700c5703dfc7dd8a8d7Patchnvd
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