Medium severity · published Apr 19, 2023
CVE-2023-29513
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it
4.3
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. If guest has view right on any document. It's possible to create a new user using the `distribution/firstadminuser.wiki` in the wrong context. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1 and 14.10.1. There is no known workaround other than upgrading.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki · Xwiki
before 14.10.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29513
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29513
Exploit
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fp36-mjw5-fmgx
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19852
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20400
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