What is CVE-2024-37901?

CVE-2024-37901 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Eval Injection. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2024-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-37901?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-37901 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Xwiki

CVE-2024-37901

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with edit right on any page can perform arbitrary remote code execution by adding instances of `XWiki.SearchSuggestConfig` and `XWiki.SearchSuggestSourceClass` to their user profile or any other page. This compromises the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5 and 15.10.2.

Published 2024-07-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xwiki
Xwiki Xwiki-Platform — versions >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10.2, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.5, >= 9.2-rc-1, < 14.10.21

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-h63h-5c77-77p5 (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/0b135760514fef73db748986a3311f3edd4a553b (Patch)
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/742cd4591642be4cdcaf68325f17540e0934e64e (Patch)
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9ce3e0319869b6d8131fc4e0909736f7041566a4 (Patch)
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bbde8a4f564e3c28839440076334a9093e2b4834 (Patch)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21473 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-37901?: CVE-2024-37901 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Eval Injection. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2024-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-37901?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-37901 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.