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GHSA-9j36-3cp4-rh4j

GitHub Security Advisory

XWiki vulnerable to Code Injection in template provider administration

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

Any user with edit rights on any document (e.g., the own user profile) can execute code with programming rights, leading to remote code execution by following these steps:

1. Set the title of any document you can edit (can be the user profile) to
```
{{async async="true" cached="false" context="doc.reference"}}{{groovy}}println("Hello " + "from groovy!"){{/groovy}}{{/async}}
```
2. Use the object editor to add an object of type `XWiki.TemplateProviderClass` (named "Template Provider Class") to that document.
3. Go to another document you can view (can be the home page) and append `?sheet=XWiki.AdminTemplatesSheet` to the URL.

When the attack is successful, a template with name "Hello from groovy!" is displayed in the list while on fixed systems, the full title should be displayed.

### Patches

This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.1 and 15.0 RC1.

### Workarounds

The vulnerability can be fixed by patching the code in the affected XWiki document as shown in the [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/7bf7094f8ffac095f5d66809af7554c9cc44de09).

### References

* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20268
* https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/7bf7094f8ffac095f5d66809af7554c9cc44de09

### For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)
* Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:[email protected])

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform.applications:xwiki-application-administration
Affected versions: 1.35 (last affected: 1.49)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration
Affected versions: 3.1-milestone-1
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui
Affected versions: 4.2-milestone-1 (fixed in 13.10.11)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui
Affected versions: 14.0-rc-1 (fixed in 14.4.8)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui
Affected versions: 14.5 (fixed in 14.10.1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-9j36-3cp4-rh4j
Published
April 20, 2023 9:46 PM
Last Modified
April 20, 2023 9:46 PM
CVSS Score
9.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform.applications:xwiki-application-administration
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 23, 2025 6:31 AM

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