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CVE-2023-35152: XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation (PR) from account through like LiveTableResults

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-95

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 12.9-rc-1 and prior to versions 14.4.8, 14.10.6, and 15.1, any logged in user can add dangerous content in their first name field and see it executed with programming rights. Leading to rights escalation. The vulnerability has been fixed on XWiki 14.4.8, 14.10.6, and 15.1. As a workaround, one may apply the patch manually.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 12.9 before 14.4.8; from 14.10 before 14.10.6; 12.9-rc1, 15.0, 15.0-rc1 — fixed in 14.10.6, 14.4.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 14.10.6, 14.4.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/0993a7ab3c102f9ac37ffe361a83a3dc302c0e45#diff-0b51114cb27f7a5c599cf40c59d658eae6ddc5c0836532c3b35e163f40a4854fR39
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/6ce2d04a5779e07f6d3ed3f37d4761049b4fc3ac#diff-ef7f8b911bb8e584fda22aac5876a329add35ca0d1d32e0fdb62a439b78cfa49
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-rf8j-q39g-7xfm
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19900
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20611
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/0993a7ab3c102f9ac37ffe361a83a3dc302c0e45#diff-0b51114cb27f7a5c599cf40c59d658eae6ddc5c0836532c3b35e163f40a4854fR39
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/6ce2d04a5779e07f6d3ed3f37d4761049b4fc3ac#diff-ef7f8b911bb8e584fda22aac5876a329add35ca0d1d32e0fdb62a439b78cfa49
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-rf8j-q39g-7xfm
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19900
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20611

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