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CVE-2023-29521: Code injection from account/view through VFS Tree macro in xwiki-platform

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% 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. Any user with view rights can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of `Macro.VFSTreeMacro`. This page is not installed by default.This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.2, 14.4.8, 13.10.11. 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/fad02328f5ec7ab7fe5b932ffb5bc5c1ba7a5b12
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fad02328f5ec7ab7fe5b932ffb5bc5c1ba7a5b12
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260

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