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CVE-2023-46243: Code execution via the edit action in XWiki platform

• 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: 2023-11-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible for a user to execute any content with the right of an existing document's content author, provided the user have edit right on it. A crafted URL of the form ` /xwiki/bin/edit//?content=%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+from+Groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D&xpage=view` can be used to execute arbitrary groovy code on the server. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki versions 14.10.6 and 15.2RC1. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 1.0 before 14.10.6; from 15.0 before 15.2 — fixed in 14.10.6, 15.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 14.10.6, 15.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a0e6ca083b36be6f183b9af33ae735c1e02010f4
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5w
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20385
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a0e6ca083b36be6f183b9af33ae735c1e02010f4
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5w
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20385

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