CVE-2023-29526
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.011 · 67 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible to display or interact with any page a user cannot access through the combination of the async and display macros. A comment with either macro will be executed when viewed providing a code injection vector in the context of the running server. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
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 · 8.1–10
ssvc
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affected products (15)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore10.11.1 → 13.10.11osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore14.0-rc-1 → 14.4.8osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore14.5 → 14.10.3osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro10.11.1 → 13.10.11osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro14.0-rc-1 → 14.4.8osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro14.5 → 14.10.3osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5XWiki Platform's async and display macro allow displaying and interacting with any document in restricted mode2023-04-20ghsa · osvUS
### Impact It's possible to display any page you cannot access through the combination of the async and display macro. Steps to reproduce: 1. Enable comments for guests by giving guests comment rights 2. As a guest, create a comment with content ```{{async}}{{display reference="Menu.WebHome" /}}{{/async}}``` 3. Open the comments viewer from the menu (appends ?viewer=comments to the URL) -> the `Menu.WebHome` is displayed while the expectation would be to have an error that the current user is not allowed to see it ### Patches The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. ### Workarounds There is no known workaround. ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20394 https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-694 ### 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-2023-29526/cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5cnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-694cnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20394cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29526cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5enisa_euvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-694enisa_euvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20394enisa_euvd
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