CVE-2024-38369: XWiki programming rights may be inherited by inclusion

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-863

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The content of a document included using `{{include reference="targetdocument"/}}` is executed with the right of the includer and not with the right of its author. This means that any user able to modify the target document can impersonate the author of the content which used the `include` macro. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0 RC1 by making the default behavior safe.

Affected products

xwiki-platform: from 1.5 before 15.0 — fixed in 15.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 15.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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