CVE-2023-29522
highpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.019 · 79 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with view rights can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents. The attack works by opening a non-existing page with a name crafted to contain a dangerous payload. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.4.8, 14.10.3 and 15.0RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.1–9.9
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affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-xclass-ui14.5 → 14.10.3osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-xclass-ui
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-xclass-ui7.0-rc-1 → 14.4.8osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-xclass-ui
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-mjw9-3f9f-jq2wXWiki Platform vulnerable to code injection from view right on XWiki.ClassSheet2023-04-20ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Any user with view rights can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents. The attack works by opening a non-existing page with a name crafted to contain a dangerous payload. For instance: `Open <xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/view/%22%2F%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fhtml%7D%7D%20%7B%7Basync%20async%3D%22true%22%20cached%3D%22false%22%20context%3D%22doc.reference%22%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln(%22Hello%20%22%20%2B%20%22from%20groovy!%22)%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D?sheet=XWiki.ClassSheet&xpage=view`, where `<xwiki-host>` is the URL of your XWiki installation. ### Patches This has been patched in XWiki 14.4.8, 14.10.3 and 15.0RC1. ### Workarounds The fix is only impacting Velocity templates and page contents, so applying this [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d7e56185376641ee5d66477c6b2791ca8e85cfee) is enough to fix the issue. ### References - https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d7e56185376641ee5d66477c6b2791ca8e85cfee - https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20456 ### 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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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-29522/cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d7e56185376641ee5d66477c6b2791ca8e85cfeecnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-mjw9-3f9f-jq2wcnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20456cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29522cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d7e56185376641ee5d66477c6b2791ca8e85cfeeenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-mjw9-3f9f-jq2wenisa_euvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20456enisa_euvd
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