RCE in Xwiki
CVE-2023-29210
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights on commonly accessible documents including the notification preferences macros 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 the user parameter of the macro that provide the notification filters. These macros are used in the user profiles and thus installed by default in XWiki. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.
EPSS: 0.012 (64.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Xwiki — versions 14.10
- Xwiki Xwiki-platform — versions >= 13.2-rc-1, < 13.10.11, >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.7, >= 14.5, < 14.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-29210?
- CVE-2023-29210 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Eval Injection. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2023-04-15.
- How severe is CVE-2023-29210?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.