CVE-2023-29516

highpriority · attend · 58EPSS 0.659 · 99 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
65.9% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 8.8 · high
Is it mine?
12 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with view rights on `XWiki.AttachmentSelector` can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping in the "Cancel and return to page" button. This page is installed by default. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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cvss

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

9.9
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.8–9.9

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
v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.19.9criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.19.9criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 3.1 · impact 6
v3.19.9criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · OSV
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · 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: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-74USCWE-74USCWE-74USCWE-95US
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affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-3989-4c6x-725fXWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation from view right on XWiki.AttachmentSelector2023-04-20ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact Any user with view rights on `XWiki.AttachmentSelector` can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping in the "Cancel and return to page" button. This page is installed by default. See https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20275 for the reproduction steps. ### Patches The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. ### Workarounds The issue can be fixed by applying this [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/aca1d677c58563bbe6e35c9e1c29fd8b12ebb996) on `XWiki.AttachmentSelector`. ### References - https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/aca1d677c58563bbe6e35c9e1c29fd8b12ebb996 - https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20275 ### 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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