CVE-2023-29516 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with view rights on `XWiki.AttachmentSelector` can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping in the "Cancel and return to page" button. This page is installed by default. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Xwiki	Xwiki

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/aca1d677c58563bbe6e35c9e1c29fd8b12ebb996
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-3989-4c6x-725f
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20275

History

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-04-18T23:51:58.775Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T20:34:10.685Z

Reserved: 2023-04-07T18:56:54.627Z

Link: CVE-2023-29516

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:07:46.426Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-19T00:15:08.423

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:57:12.890

Link: CVE-2023-29516

Redhat

No data.

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