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CVE-2023-29516

CRITICAL Exploitation: PoC
9.9
CVSS 3.1
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with view rights on `XWiki.AttachmentSelector` can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping in the "Cancel and return to page" button. This page is installed by default. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2023-29516
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2023-04-07 18:56 UTC
Published
2023-04-18 23:51 UTC
Last updated
2025-02-05 20:34 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-74
CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Outpu…
Vendor / Product
xwiki / xwiki-platform
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
xwiki xwiki-platform — < 13.10.11, >= 14.0.0, < 14.4.8, >= 14.5.0, < 14.10.1
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-74 cna CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
9.9 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
References (3)
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