VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-29521

CVSS score8.4 HIGH

EPSS probability1.13%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2023-04-19

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with view rights 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 `Macro.VFSTreeMacro`. This page is not installed by default.This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.2, 14.4.8, 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness classification

security-advisories@github.com: CWE-74
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-74

Primary references

security-advisories@github.com — Patch
security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory