What is CVE-2023-35161?

CVE-2023-35161 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki-platform, classified under Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax. CVSS score: 9.7/10. Published 2023-06-23.

How severe is CVE-2023-35161?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-35161 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Xwiki Xwiki-platform

CVE-2023-35161

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the DeleteAppl…

EPSS: 0.156 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.7 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Xwiki Xwiki-platform — versions >= 6.2-milestone-1, < 14.10.5, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.1-rc-1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-87 — Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4xm7-5q79-3fch (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/8f5a889b7cd140770e54f5b4195d88058790e305 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583 (x_refsource_MISC)
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20614 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-35161?: CVE-2023-35161 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki-platform, classified under Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax. CVSS score: 9.7/10. Published 2023-06-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-35161?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-35161 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.