CVE-2023-29521 HIGH

CVE-2023-29521: Code injection from account/view through VFS Tree macro in xwiki-platform

Vendor Xwiki
Product xwiki-platform
Weakness CWE-74
Published April 18, 2023
Last update February 6, 2025
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CVSS base score

8.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 18, 2023 CVE published
February 6, 2025 Record updated