CVE-2023-26471 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-26471: XWiki Platform users may execute anything with superadmin right through comments and async macro

Vendor Xwiki
Product xwiki-platform
Weakness CWE-284
Published March 2, 2023
Last update March 5, 2025

CVSS base score

10.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 11.6-rc-1, comments are supposed to be executed with the right of superadmin but in restricted mode (anything dangerous is disabled), but the async macro does not take into account the restricted mode. This means that any user with comment right can use the async macro to make it execute any wiki content with the right of superadmin. This has been patched in XWiki 14.9, 14.4.6, and 13.10.10. The only known workaround consists of applying a patch and rebuilding and redeploying `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro`.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 2, 2023 CVE published
March 5, 2025 Record updated