High severity · published Apr 19, 2023
CVE-2023-29521
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it
8.8
CVSS
1.1%
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 view rights can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of `Macro.VFSTreeMacro`. This page is not installed by default.This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.2, 14.4.8, 13.10.11. 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)1.1% · higher than 66% 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 14.10.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29521
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29521
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fad02328f5ec7ab7fe5b932ffb5bc5c1ba7a5b12
Exploit
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260
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