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CVE-2023-29524: Code injection from account through XWiki.SchedulerJobSheet in xwiki-platform

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 75.7% 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. It's possible to execute anything with the right of the Scheduler Application sheet page. A user without script or programming rights, edit your user profile with the object editor and add a new object of type XWiki.SchedulerJobClass, In "Job Script", groovy code can be added and will be executed in the server context on viewing. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.3 and 15.0 RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: before 14.10.3 — fixed in 14.10.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 14.10.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fc42-5w56-qw7h
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20295
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20462
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fc42-5w56-qw7h
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20295
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20462

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