High severity · published Apr 19, 2023
CVE-2023-29514
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it
8.8
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with edit rights on any document (e.g., their own user profile) can execute code with programming rights, leading to remote code execution. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.1 and 15.0 RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki · Xwiki
before 13.10.11; 14.0 before 14.4.8; 14.5 before 14.10.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29514
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29514
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/7bf7094f8ffac095f5d66809af7554c9cc44de09
Exploit
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-9j36-3cp4-rh4j
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20268
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