CVE-2023-29525
highpriority · attend · 62EPSS 0.778 · 100 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Affected versions of xwiki are subject to code injection in the `since` parameter of the `/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/Notifications/Code/LegacyNotificationAdministration` endpoint. This provides an XWiki syntax injection attack via the since-parameter, allowing privilege escalation from view to programming rights and subsequent code execution privilege. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8 and 14.10.3. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may modify the page `XWiki.Notifications.Code.LegacyNotificationAdministration` to add the missing escaping. For versions < 14.6-rc-1 a workaround is to modify the file `<xwikiwebapp>/templates/distribution/eventmigration.wiki` to add the missing escaping.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.8–10
ssvc
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affected products (10)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war12.6.1 → 13.10.11osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-distribution-war
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war14.0-rc-1 → 14.4.8osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-distribution-war
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war14.5 → 14.6-rc-1osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-distribution-war
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui14.6-rc-1 → 14.10.3osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-jgg7-w2rj-58cjXWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation from view right on XWiki.Notifications.Code.LegacyNotificationAdministration2023-04-20ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Steps to reproduce: Open <xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/Notifications/Code/LegacyNotificationAdministration?since=%7B%7B%2Fhtml%7D%7D+%7B%7Basync+async%3D%22true%22+cached%3D%22false%22+context%3D%22doc.reference%22%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+%22+%2B+%22from+groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D, where <xwiki-host> is the URL of your XWiki installation. This demonstrates an XWiki syntax injection attack via the since-parameter, allowing privilege escalation from view to programming rights. ### Patches The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8 and 14.10.3. ### Workarounds For versions >= 14.6-rc-1 the workaround is to modify the page `XWiki.Notifications.Code.LegacyNotificationAdministration` to add the missing escaping, as described on https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/8e7c7f90f2ddaf067cb5b83b181af41513028754#diff-4e13f4ee4a42938bf1201b7ee71ca32edeacba22559daf0bcb89d534e0225949R70 For versions < 14.6-rc-1 the workaround is to modify the file `<xwikiwebapp>/templates/distribution/eventmigration.wiki` to add the missing escaping, as described on https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/6d74e2e4aa03d19f0be385ab63ae9e0f0e90a766 ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20287 ### 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 (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-29525/cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/6d74e2e4aa03d19f0be385ab63ae9e0f0e90a766cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/8e7c7f90f2ddaf067cb5b83b181af41513028754#diff-4e13f4ee4a42938bf1201b7ee71ca32edeacba22559daf0bcb89d534e0225949R70cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-jgg7-w2rj-58cjcnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20287cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29525cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/6d74e2e4aa03d19f0be385ab63ae9e0f0e90a766enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/8e7c7f90f2ddaf067cb5b83b181af41513028754#diff-4e13f4ee4a42938bf1201b7ee71ca32edeacba22559daf0bcb89d534e0225949R70enisa_euvd
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