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GHSA-v662-xpcc-9xf6

GitHub Security Advisory

It's possible to execute anything with the rights of the author of a macro which uses the {{wikimacrocontent}} macro

✓ GitHub Reviewed LOW Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

The `{{wikimacrocontent}}` executes the content with the rights of the wiki macro author instead of the caller of that wiki macro. This makes possible to inject scripts through it and they will be executed with the rights of the wiki macro (very often a user which has Programming rights).

Fortunately, no such macro exists by default in XWiki Standard but one could have been created or installed with an extension.

### Patches

It has been patched in versions XWiki 12.6.3, 11.10.11 and 12.8-rc-1.

### Workarounds

There is no easy workaround other than disabling the affected macros.
Inserting content in a safe way or knowing what is the user who called the wiki macro is not easy.

### References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17759

### 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-rendering-wikimacro-store
Affected versions: 11.4 (fixed in 11.10.11)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-wikimacro-store
Affected versions: 12.0 (fixed in 12.6.3)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-wikimacro-store
Affected versions: 12.7 (fixed in 12.8)

Related CVEs

Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-v662-xpcc-9xf6
Published
March 23, 2021 10:47 PM
Last Modified
March 23, 2021 10:24 PM
CVSS Score
2.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-wikimacro-store
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 23, 2025 6:31 AM

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