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CVE-2023-29507

CRITICAL
Published 2023-04-16T06:52:19.020Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.1
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.006
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.6% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.697
Higher than 69.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. The Document script API returns directly a DocumentAuthors allowing to set any authors to the document, which in consequence can allow subsequent executions of scripts since this author is used for checking rights. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10 and 14.4.7 by returning a safe script API.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

xwiki

xwiki-platform

Affected Versions:

>= 14.5, < 14.10 >= 14.4.1, < 14.4.7

GitHub Security Advisories

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✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore makes Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs with DocumentAuthors

GHSA-pwfv-3cvg-9m4c

Advisory Details

### Impact The Document script API returns directly a DocumentAuthors allowing to set any authors to the document, which in consequence can allow subsequent executions of scripts since this author is used for checking rights. Example of such attack: ``` {{velocity}} $doc.setContent('{{velocity}}$xcontext.context.authorReference{{/velocity}}') $doc.authors.setContentAuthor('xwiki:XWiki.superadmin') $doc.getRenderedContent() {{/velocity}} ``` ### Patches The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10 and 14.4.7 by returning a safe script API. ### Workarounds There no easy workaround apart of upgrading. ### References * https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20380 * https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/905cdd7c421dbf8c565557cdc773ab1aa9028f83 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira](https://jira.xwiki.org) * Email us at [security ML](mailto:[email protected])

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
ECOSYSTEM: ≥14.5 <14.10
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
ECOSYSTEM: ≥14.4.1 <14.4.7

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

WEB https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-pwfv-3cvg-9m4c
ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29507
WEB https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/905cdd7c421dbf8c565557cdc773ab1aa9028f83
PACKAGE https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
WEB https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20380

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: April 12, 2023, Modified: February 6, 2025

References

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-pwfv-3cvg-9m4c
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/905cdd7c421dbf8c565557cdc773ab1aa9028f83
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20380
Published: 2023-04-16T06:52:19.020Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-06T16:59:43.751Z
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