CVE-2023-26475 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-26475: XWiki Platform vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in Annotations

Vendor Xwiki
Product xwiki-platform
Weakness CWE-270
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 2.3-milestone-1, the annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document. This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10. There is no easy workaround except to upgrade.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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