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GHSA-hgpw-6p4h-j6h5

GitHub Security Advisory

XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution via the edit action because it lacks CSRF token

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

In XWiki Platform, it's possible to execute content with the right of any user if you can make this user follow a crafted URL. This is possible because edit action sets and thereby executes the page content without checking for a cross-site request forgert (CSRF) token.

To reproduce:
Get a user with programming rights to visit the URL `<xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/edit/Main/?content=%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+from+Groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D&xpage=view`, where `<xwiki-host>` is the URL of your XWiki installation. This can be done by embedding an image with this URL.

The text "Hello from Groovy!" is displayed in the page content, showing that the Groovy macro has been executed.

### Patches

This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.7 and 15.2-RC-1.

### Workarounds
There are no known workarounds for it.

### References

* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20386
* https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/cf8eb861998ea423c3645d2e5e974420b0e882be

### 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:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Affected versions: 1.0 (fixed in 14.10.7)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Affected versions: 15.0 (fixed in 15.2-rc-1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-hgpw-6p4h-j6h5
Published
November 7, 2023 10:35 PM
Last Modified
November 7, 2023 10:53 PM
CVSS Score
9.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 22, 2025 6:29 AM

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