CVE-2023-29513

mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.67% (52nd) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. If guest has view right on any document. It's possible to create a new user using the `distribution/firstadminuser.wiki` in the wrong context. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1 and 14.10.1. There is no known workaround other than upgrading.

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cvss

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

5.0
010

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

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4
v3.14.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.1 · impact 1.4
v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-284USCWE-284US
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affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-fp36-mjw5-fmgxxwiki-platform-web-templates allows users to be created even when registration is disabled without validation via template macro2023-04-20ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact If a guest has view rights on any document, it's possible to create a new user using the `distribution/firstadminuser.wiki` in the wrong context. To reproduce: * On a wiki with view rights for guests but user registration disabled, open as guest <server>/xwiki/bin/view/Main?sheet=CKEditor.HTMLConverter&language=en&sourceSyntax=xwiki%2F2.1&stripHTMLEnvelope=true&fromHTML=false&toHTML=true&text=%7B%7Btemplate+name%3D%22distribution%2Ffirstadminuser.wiki%22+%2F%7D%7D where <server> is the URL of your XWiki installation. * Enter username and password of your choice. * Click "Register and login" ### Patches The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1 and 14.10.1. ### Workarounds There is no known workaround other than upgrading. ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19852 https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20400 ### 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)

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also known as (4)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-04-19modified 2026-06-17
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references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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