CVE-2024-43401
highpriority · track · 32OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A user without script/programming right can trick a user with elevated rights to edit a content with a malicious payload using a WYSIWYG editor. The user with elevated rights is not warned beforehand that they are going to edit possibly dangerous content. The payload is executed at edit time. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10RC1.
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 · 7.3–9.1
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affected products (3)
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- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates< 15.10-rc-1osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-web-templates
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-1880xwiki: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-08-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in xwiki ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen oder beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
- GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7In XWiki Platform, payloads stored in content is executed when a user with script/programming right edit them2024-08-19ghsa · osvUS
### Impact A user without script/programming right can trick a user with elevated rights to edit a content with a malicious payload using a WYSIWYG editor. The user with elevated rights is not warned beforehand that they are going to edit possibly dangerous content. The payload is executed at edit time. ### Patches This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10RC1. ### Workarounds No workaround. It is advised to upgrade to XWiki 15.10+. ### References * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20331 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21311 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21481 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21482 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21483 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21484 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21485 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21486 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21487 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21488 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21489 * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21490 ### 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) ### Attribution This vulnerability has been reported on Intigriti by @floerer
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references (41)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-43401/cnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-15.10-rc-1Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7cnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20331cnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21311cnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21481cnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21482cnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21483cnnvd
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