XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation and remote code execution via the edit action
Impact
In XWiki Platform, 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. The reason for this is that the edit action sets the content without modifying the content author.
To reproduce:
- Log in as a user without programming or script right.
- Open the URL
<xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/edit/<document>/?content=%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+from+Groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D&xpage=view, where<xwiki-host>is the URL of your XWiki installation and<document>is the path to a document whose content author has programming right (or script right) and on which the current user has edit right.
The text "Hello from Groovy!" is displayed in the page content, showing that the Groovy macro has been executed, which should not be the case for a user without programming right.
Patches
This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.6 and 15.2RC1.
Workarounds
There are no known workarounds for it.
References
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20385
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a0e6ca083b36be6f183b9af33ae735c1e02010f4
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org
- Email us at Security Mailing List
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | >= 15.0, < 15.2-rc-1, >= 1.0, < 14.10.6 | 15.2-rc-1, 14.10.6 |
Referencias
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-94- Plataforma
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Paquete
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore- Publicada
- 07.11.2023
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 11:21
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5w - CC BY 4.0
Historial de vulnerabilidades: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Todas las vulnerabilidades publicadas de este paquete (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), de la más reciente a la más antigua. Muestra si es un fallo aislado o un paquete que hay que vigilar.
- Entradas en total
- 46
- Primera → última
- 09.2020 07.2026
- Sin corrección
- 0
- Explotada en ataques
- 0
Distribución por gravedad
- Crítica 12
- Alta 17
- Media 15
- Baja 2
Divulgaciones por año
- 2020: 2
- 2021: 1
- 2022: 12
- 2023: 15
- 2024: 7
- 2025: 6
- 2026: 3
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