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XWiki Affected by Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Error Messages

  • Disclosed: 23.01.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:22

Impact

A reflected cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in XWiki allows an attacker to execute arbitrary actions in XWiki with the rights of the victim if the attacker manages to trick a victim into visiting a crafted URL. If the victim has administrative or programming rights, those rights can be exploited to gain full access to the XWiki installation.

Patches

This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 17.8.0RC1, 17.4.5 and 16.10.12.

Workarounds

The patch can be applied manually, only a single line in templates/logging_macros.vm needs to be changed, no restart is required.

References

Attribution

We thank Mike Cole @mikecole-mg for discovering and reporting this vulnerability.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates >= 7.0-milestone-2, < 16.10.12, >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.5, >= 17.5.0-rc-1, < 17.8.0-rc-1 16.10.12, 17.4.5, 17.8.0-rc-1

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79, CWE-80
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
Disclosed
23.01.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 12:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-wvqx-m5px-6cmp - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates

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 (23) in the archive
Total entries
23
First → latest
02.2022 04.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 10
  • High 4
  • Medium 8
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

Severity:
  1. XWiki Affected by Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Error Messages this entry
    Medium CVE-2026-24128 >= 7.0-milestone-2, < 16.10.12, >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.5, >= 17.5.0-rc-1, < 17.8.0-rc-1 16.10.12, 17.4.5, 17.8.0-rc-1
  2. In XWiki Platform, payloads stored in content is executed when a user with script/programming right edit them
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-43401 < 15.10-rc-1 15.10-rc-1
  3. XWiki Platform vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through conflict resolution
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2024-41947 >= 11.8-rc-1, < 15.10.8, >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.3.0-rc-1 15.10.8, 16.3.0-rc-1
  4. XWiki Platform vulnerable to XSS with edit right in the create document form for existing pages
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2023-45137 < 14.10.12, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5-rc-1 14.10.12, 15.5-rc-1
  5. XWiki Platform web templates vulnerable to reflected XSS in the create document form if name validation is enabled
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2023-45136 >= 12.0-rc-1, < 14.10.12, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5-rc-1 14.10.12, 15.5-rc-1
  6. XWiki users can be tricked to execute scripts as the create page action doesn't display the page's title
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2023-45135 < 14.10.12, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5-rc-1 14.10.12, 15.5-rc-1
  7. XWiki Platform XSS vulnerability from account in the create page form via template provider
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2023-45134 < 14.10.12, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5-rc-1 14.10.12, 15.5-rc-1
  8. XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via back and xcontinue parameters in resubmit template
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2023-35160 >= 2.5-milestone-2, < 14.10.5, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.1-rc-1 14.10.5, 15.1-rc-1
  9. XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via xredirect parameter in deletespace template
    Critical · 9.6 CVE-2023-35159 >= 3.4-milestone-1, < 14.10.5, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.1-rc-1 14.10.5, 15.1-rc-1
  10. XWiki vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via any wiki document and the displaycontent/rendercontent template
    Critical · 9.0 CVE-2023-34464 < 14.4.8, >= 14.5, < 14.10.5, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.1-rc-1 14.4.8, 14.10.5, 15.1-rc-1
  11. xwiki-platform-web-templates vulnerable to Eval Injection
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2023-29512 >= 1.0B1, < 13.10.11, >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8, >= 14.5, < 14.10.1 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.1
  12. Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags (XSS) in the LiveTable Macro
    High · 8.9 CVE-2023-29207 >= 1.9-milestone-2, < 13.10.10, >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.6, >= 14.5, < 14.9 13.10.10, 14.4.6, 14.9
  13. XWiki Platform Web Templates vulnerable to Missing Authorization, Exposure of Private Personal Information to Unauthorized Actor
    High · 7.5 CVE-2022-36091 >= 1.3, < 13.10.4 13.10.4
  14. XWiki Platform Web Templates vulnerable to Unauthorized User Registration Through the Distribution Wizard
    High · 8.5 CVE-2022-36093 < 13.10.5, >= 14.0, < 14.3-rc-1 13.10.5, 14.3-rc-1
  15. Cross site scripting in registration template in xwiki-platform
    High · 7.4 CVE-2022-23622 >= 2.6.1, < 12.10.11, >= 13.0.0, < 13.4.7, >= 13.10.0, < 13.10.3 12.10.11, 13.4.7, 13.10.3

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