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CVE-2023-29519: Code injection in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-attachment-ui

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A registered user can perform remote code execution leading to privilege escalation by injecting the proper code in the "property" field of an attachment selector, as a gadget of their own dashboard. Note that the vulnerability does not impact comments of a wiki. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.2, 15.0-rc-1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: before 13.10.11; from 14.0 before 14.4.8; from 14.5 before 14.10.2 — fixed in 13.10.11, 14.10.2, 14.4.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 13.10.11, 14.10.2, 14.4.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/5e8725b4272cd3e5be09d3ca84273be2da6869c1
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-3hjg-cghv-22ww
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20364
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/5e8725b4272cd3e5be09d3ca84273be2da6869c1
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-3hjg-cghv-22ww
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20364

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