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GHSA-5hv6-mh8q-q9v8

GitHub Security Advisory

RCE in XWiki

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

Any user with SCRIPT right (EDIT right before XWiki 7.4) can gain access to the application server Servlet context which contains tools allowing to instantiate arbitrary Java objects and invoke methods that may lead to arbitrary code execution.

### Patches

It has been patched in both version XWiki 12.5 and XWiki 11.10.6.

### Workarounds

The only workaround is to give SCRIPT right only to trusted users.

### References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17423

It's been reported by the GitHub Security Lab under https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17141.

### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki](https://jira.xwiki.org)
* Email us at [our security mailing list](mailto:[email protected])

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 11.10.6)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Affected versions: 12.0 (fixed in 12.5)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-5hv6-mh8q-q9v8
Published
October 16, 2020 4:55 PM
Last Modified
November 19, 2021 2:41 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 23, 2025 6:31 AM

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