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CVE-2023-26056: XWiki Platform allows macro execution as any user without programming rights through the context macro

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 3.0-milestone-1, it's possible to execute a script with the right of another user, provided the target user does not have programming right. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.8-rc-1, 14.4.5, and 13.10.10. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 3.1 before 13.10.10; from 14.0 before 14.4.5; from 14.5 before 14.8; 3.0-milestone1, 3.0-milestone2, 3.0-milestone3 — fixed in 13.10.10, 14.4.5, 14.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 13.10.10, 14.4.5, 14.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b75f212c2dd2dfc5fb5726c7830c6dbc9a425c6
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bd34ad6710ed72304304a3d5fec38b7cc050ef3b
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/dd3f4735b41971b3afc3f3aedf6664b4e8be4894
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-859x-p6jp-rc2w
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19856
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b75f212c2dd2dfc5fb5726c7830c6dbc9a425c6
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bd34ad6710ed72304304a3d5fec38b7cc050ef3b
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/dd3f4735b41971b3afc3f3aedf6664b4e8be4894
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-859x-p6jp-rc2w
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19856

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