What is CVE-2023-48293?

CVE-2023-48293 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-48293?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Xwiki

CVE-2023-48293

The XWiki Admin Tools Application provides tools to help the administration of XWiki. Prior to version 4.5.1, a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the query on XWiki tool allows executing arbitrary database queries on the database of the XWiki installation. Among other things, this allows modifying and deleting all data of the wiki. This could be both used to damage the wiki and to create an account with elevated privileges for the attacker, thus impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki instance. A possible attack vector are comments on the wiki, by embedding an image with wiki syntax like `[[image:path:/xwiki/bin/view/Admin/QueryOnXWiki?query=DELETE%20FROM%20xwikidoc]]`, all documents would be deleted from the database when an admin user views this comment. This has been patched in Admin Tools Application 4.5.1 by adding form token checks. Some workarounds are available. The patch can also be applied manually to the affected pages. Alternatively, if the query tool is not needed, by deleting the document `Admin.SQLToolsGroovy`, all database query tools can be deactivated.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2023-11-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xwiki
Xwiki-Contrib Application-Admintools — versions < 4.5.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-admintools/security/advisories/GHSA-4f4c-r… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/xwiki-contrib/application-admintools/commit/45298b4fbcafba6914537dcd… (Patch)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/ADMINTOOL-92 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-48293?: CVE-2023-48293 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-48293?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.