CVE-2023-46243
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.010 · 62 %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 for a user to execute any content with the right of an existing document's content author, provided the user have edit right on it. A crafted URL of the form ` /xwiki/bin/edit//?content=%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+from+Groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D&xpage=view` can be used to execute arbitrary groovy code on the server. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki versions 14.10.6 and 15.2RC1. Users are advised to update. 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 (7)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore1.0 → 14.10.6osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore15.0 → 15.2-rc-1osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5wXWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation and remote code execution via the edit action2023-11-07ghsa · osvUS
### Impact In XWiki Platform, it's possible for a user to execute any content with the right of an existing document's content author, provided the user have edit right on it. The reason for this is that the edit action sets the content without modifying the content author. To reproduce: * Log in as a user without programming or script right. * Open the URL `<xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/edit/<document>/?content=%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+from+Groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D&xpage=view`, where `<xwiki-host>` is the URL of your XWiki installation and `<document>` is the path to a document whose content author has programming right (or script right) and on which the current user has edit right. The text "Hello from Groovy!" is displayed in the page content, showing that the Groovy macro has been executed, which should not be the case for a user without programming right. ### Patches This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.6 and 15.2RC1. ### Workarounds There are no known workarounds for it. ### References * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20385 * https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a0e6ca083b36be6f183b9af33ae735c1e02010f4 ### 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-2023-46243/cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a0e6ca083b36be6f183b9af33ae735c1e02010f4cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5wcnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20385cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46243cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a0e6ca083b36be6f183b9af33ae735c1e02010f4enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5wenisa_euvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20385enisa_euvd
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