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GHSA-xxp2-9c9g-7wmj

GitHub Security Advisory

XWiki Platform: Remote code execution from edit in multilingual wikis via translations

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact

In multilingual wikis, translations can be edited by any user who has edit right, circumventing the rights that are normally required for authoring translations (script right for user-scope translations, wiki admin for translations on the wiki). This can be exploited for remote code execution if the translation value is not properly escaped where it is used. To reproduce, in a multilingual wiki, as a user without script or admin right, edit a translation of `AppWithinMinutes.Translations` and in the line `platform.appwithinminutes.description=` add `{{async}}{{groovy}}println("Hello from Translation"){{/groovy}}{{/async}}` at the end. Then open the app with in minutes home page (`AppWithinMinutes.WebHome`) in the same locale. If translations are still working and "Hello from Translation" is displayed at the end of the introduction, the installation is vulnerable.

### Patches
This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.20, 15.5.4 and 15.10RC1.

### Workarounds
We're not aware of any workaround except restricting edit right on documents that contain translations.

### References
* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21411
* https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/c4c8d61c30de72298d805ccc82df2a307f131c54

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki
Affected versions: 4.3-milestone-2 (fixed in 14.10.20)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki
Affected versions: 15.0-rc-1 (fixed in 15.5.4)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki
Affected versions: 15.6-rc-1 (fixed in 15.10-rc-1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-xxp2-9c9g-7wmj
Published
April 10, 2024 5:13 PM
Last Modified
April 10, 2024 10:01 PM
CVSS Score
9.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-localization-source-wiki
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 28, 2025 6:37 AM

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