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CVE-2023-26474: XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation via properties with wiki syntax that are executed with wrong author

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 13.10, it's possible to use the right of an existing document content author to execute a text area property. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10, 14.4.7, and 13.10.11. There are no known workarounds.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 13.10 before 13.10.11; from 14.0 before 14.4.7; from 14.5 before 14.10 — fixed in 13.10.11, 14.10, 14.4.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 13.10.11, 14.10, 14.4.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-3738-p9x3-mv9r
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20373
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-3738-p9x3-mv9r
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20373

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