What is CVE-2024-43401?

CVE-2024-43401 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2024-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-43401?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-43401 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Xwiki

CVE-2024-43401

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A user without script/programming right can trick a user with elevated rights to edit a content with a malicious payload using a WYSIWYG editor. The user with elevated rights is not warned beforehand that they are going to edit possibly dangerous content. The payload is executed at edit time. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10RC1.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2024-08-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xwiki
Xwiki Xwiki-Platform — versions < 15.10-rc-1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7 (Vendor Advisory)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20331 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21311 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21481 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21482 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21483 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21484 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21485 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21486 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21487 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-43401?: CVE-2024-43401 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2024-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-43401?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-43401 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.