CVE-2023-29506: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-default XSS with authenticated endpoints

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. It was possible to inject some code using the URL of authenticated endpoints. This problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.

Affected products

xwiki-platform: from 13.10.8 before 13.10.11; from 14.4.3 before 14.4.7; 14.6, 14.10-rc1 — fixed in 13.10.11, 14.4.7

How to fix

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

References

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/1943ea26c967ef868fb5f67c487d98d97cba0380
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-jjm5-5v9v-7hx2
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20335
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/1943ea26c967ef868fb5f67c487d98d97cba0380
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-jjm5-5v9v-7hx2
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20335

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