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CVE-2023-35162: XPlatform Wiki vulnerable to cross-site scripting via xcontinue parameter in preview actions template

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the previewactions template to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > <hostname>/xwiki/bin/get/FlamingoThemes/Cerulean xpage=xpart&vm=previewactions.vm&xcontinue=javascript:alert(document.domain). This vulnerability exists since XWiki 6.1-rc-1. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 6.2 before 14.10.5; 6.1, 6.1-milestone1, 6.1-milestone2, 6.1-rc1 — fixed in 14.10.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 14.10.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9f01166b1a8ee9639666099eb5040302df067e4d
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q9hg-9qj2-mxf9
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20342
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9f01166b1a8ee9639666099eb5040302df067e4d
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q9hg-9qj2-mxf9
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20342
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20583

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