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High

RCE in XWiki

  • Disclosed: 16.10.2020
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

Impact

Any user with SCRIPT right (EDIT right before XWiki 7.4) can gain access to the application server Servlet context which contains tools allowing to instantiate arbitrary Java objects and invoke methods that may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Patches

It has been patched in both version XWiki 12.5 and XWiki 11.10.6.

Workarounds

The only workaround is to give SCRIPT right only to trusted users.

References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17423

It's been reported by the GitHub Security Lab under https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-17141.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore < 11.10.6, >= 12.0, < 12.5 11.10.6, 12.5

References

CVSS score 8.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-74, CWE-94
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Disclosed
16.10.2020
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-5hv6-mh8q-q9v8 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (46) in the archive
Total entries
46
First → latest
09.2020 07.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 12
  • High 17
  • Medium 15
  • Low 2

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. RCE in XWiki this entry
    High · 8.5 CVE-2020-15252 < 11.10.6, >= 12.0, < 12.5 11.10.6, 12.5
  2. XWiki Platform Old Core: Resource path traversal via /skin/ action endpoint in Jetty 12+
    High CVE-2026-34151 < 17.10.5, >= 18.0.0-rc-1, < 18.2.0 17.10.5, 18.2.0
  3. XWiki vulnerable to remote code execution with script right through unprotected Velocity scripting API
    High CVE-2026-33229 >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.8, >= 17.5.0-rc-1, < 17.10.1 17.4.8, 17.10.1
  4. XWiki exposes passwords and emails stored in fields not named password/email in xml.vm
    High CVE-2025-54125 >= 1.1, < 16.4.7, >= 16.5.0-rc-1, < 16.10.5, >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.2.0-rc-1 16.4.7, 16.10.5, 17.2.0-rc-1
  5. XWiki leaks password hashes and other accessible password properties
    High CVE-2025-54124 >= 9.8-rc-1, < 16.4.7, >= 16.5.0-rc-1, < 16.10.5, >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.2.0-rc-1 16.4.7, 16.10.5, 17.2.0-rc-1
  6. XWiki Platform vulnerable to SQL injection through XWiki#searchDocuments API
    High CVE-2025-54385 >= 1.0, < 16.10.6, >= 17.0.0-rc1, < 17.3.0-rc-1 16.10.6, 17.3.0-rc-1
  7. XWiki allows remote code execution through preview of XClass changes in AWM editor
    High CVE-2025-49586 >= 7.2-milestone-2, < 16.4.7, >= 16.5.0-rc-1, < 16.10.3, >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.0.0 16.4.7, 16.10.3, 17.0.0
  8. XWiki allows SQL injection in query endpoint of REST API with Oracle
    Critical CVE-2024-56158 >= 1.0, < 15.10.16, >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.4.7, >= 16.5.0-rc-1, < 16.10.2 15.10.16, 16.4.7, 16.10.2
  9. org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore allows SQL injection in short form select requests through the script query API
    High CVE-2025-32968 >= 1.6-milestone-1, < 15.10.16, >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.4.6, >= 16.5.0-rc-1, < 16.10.1 15.10.16, 16.4.6, 16.10.1
  10. XWiki Platform allows XSS through XClass name in string properties
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-43400 >= 1.1.2, < 14.10.21, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.5, >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10.6, >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.0.0 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.6, 16.0.0
  11. XWiki Platform allows remote code execution from user account
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-37899 >= 13.4.7, < 14.10.21, >= 13.10.3, < 14.10.21, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.5, >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10.6, >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.0.0 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.6, 16.0.0
  12. XWiki Platform remote code execution from account via custom skins support
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2024-31987 >= 6.4-milestone-1, < 14.10.19, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.4, >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10-rc-1 14.10.19, 15.5.4, 15.10-rc-1
  13. XWiki Platform: Privilege escalation (PR) from user registration through PDFClass
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2024-31981 >= 3.0.1, < 14.10.20, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.4, >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10-rc-1 14.10.20, 15.5.4, 15.10-rc-1
  14. XWiki has no right protection on rollback action
    High · 8.0 CVE-2024-21648 >= 1.0, < 14.10.17 14.10.17
  15. XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation and remote code execution via the edit action
    High · 8.8 CVE-2023-46243 >= 15.0, < 15.2-rc-1, >= 1.0, < 14.10.6 15.2-rc-1, 14.10.6
  16. XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution via the edit action because it lacks CSRF token
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2023-46242 >= 1.0, < 14.10.7, >= 15.0, < 15.2-rc-1 14.10.7, 15.2-rc-1
  17. XWiki Platform vulnerable to CSRF privilege escalation/RCE via the create action
    High · 8.0 CVE-2023-40572 >= 3.2-milestone-3, < 14.10.9, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.4-rc-1 14.10.9, 15.4-rc-1
  18. Upgrading doesn't prevent exploiting vulnerable XWiki documents
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2023-36468 >= 2.0, < 14.10.7, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.2-rc-1 14.10.7, 15.2-rc-1
  19. XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via delattachment action
    High · 8.4 CVE-2023-35157 >= 3.2-milestone-3, < 14.10.6, >= 15.0-rc-0, < 15.1-rc-1 14.10.6, 15.1-rc-1
  20. XWiki Platform's async and display macro allow displaying and interacting with any document in restricted mode
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2023-29526 >= 10.11.1, < 13.10.11, >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8, >= 14.5, < 14.10.3 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.3
  21. XWiki Platform vulnerable to code injection in display method used in user profiles
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2023-29523 >= 3.3-milestone-1, < 13.10.11, >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8, >= 14.5, < 14.10.2 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.2
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