High severity · published Apr 19, 2023
CVE-2023-29522
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 view rights can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents. The attack works by opening a non-existing page with a name crafted to contain a dangerous payload. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.4.8, 14.10.3 and 15.0RC1. 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 14.4.8; 14.5 before 14.10.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29522
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29522
Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d7e56185376641ee5d66477c6b2791ca8e85cfee
Exploit
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-mjw9-3f9f-jq2w
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20456
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