RCE in Xwiki

CVE-2023-29211

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights `WikiManager.DeleteWiki` 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 `wikiId` url parameter. The problem has been patched on 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 >= 5.3-milestone-2, < 13.10.11, >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.7, >= 14.5, < 14.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29211?
CVE-2023-29211 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Eval Injection. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2023-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-29211?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.