XSS in Xwiki Xwiki-commons
CVE-2023-29201
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. The "restricted" mode of the HTML cleaner in XWiki, introduced in version 4.2-milestone-1, only escaped `<script>` and `<style>`-tags but neither attri…
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.093 (92.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Xwiki Xwiki-commons — versions >= 4.2-milestone-1, < 14.6-rc-1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-m3jr-cvhj-f35j (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/4a185e0594d90cd4916d60aa60bb4333dc5623b2 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/b11eae9d82cb53f32962056b5faa73f3720c6182 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1680 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2426 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9118 (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-29201?
- CVE-2023-29201 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki-commons, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-04-15.
- How severe is CVE-2023-29201?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-29201 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.