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GHSA-qcj3-wpgm-qpxh

GitHub Security Advisory

XWiki programming rights may be inherited by inclusion

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

The content of a document included using `{{include reference="targetdocument"/}}` is executed with the right of the includer and not with the right of its author.

This means that any user able to modify the target document can impersonate the author of the content which used the `include` macro.

### Patches

This has been patched in XWiki 15.0 RC1 by making the default behavior safe.

### Workarounds

Make sure to protect any included document to make sure only allowed users can modify it.

A workaround have been provided in 14.10.2 to allow forcing to execute the included content with the target content author instead of the default behavior. See https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Include%20Macro#HAuthor for more details.

### References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5027
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20471

### 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-rendering-macro-include
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 15.0-rc-1)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-qcj3-wpgm-qpxh
Published
June 24, 2024 6:00 PM
Last Modified
June 24, 2024 9:27 PM
CVSS Score
9.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-include
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 22, 2025 6:29 AM

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