CVE-2023-29522 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-29522: Code injection from view right on XWiki.ClassSheet in xwiki-platform

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

CVSS base score

9.9/10
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: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 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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