High severity · published Apr 19, 2023
CVE-2023-29524
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it
8.8
CVSS
75.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to execute anything with the right of the Scheduler Application sheet page. A user without script or programming rights, edit your user profile with the object editor and add a new object of type XWiki.SchedulerJobClass, In "Job Script", groovy code can be added and will be executed in the server context on viewing. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.3 and 15.0 RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
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)75.7% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XW
Xwiki · Xwiki
before 14.10.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29524
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29524
Exploit
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fc42-5w56-qw7h
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20295
Exploit
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20462
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