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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2023-29211 json

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki Eval Injection vulnerability

published 2023-04-12 3 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-w7v9-fc49-4qg4 , EUVD-2023-1406

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights `WikiManager.DeleteWiki` can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the `wikiId` url parameter. The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, 14.10
  • xwiki xwiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-w7v9-fc49-4qg4 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • jira.xwiki.org https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20297 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki
>=5.3-milestone-2, <13.10.11
>=14.0-rc-1, <14.4.7
>=14.5, <14.10
13.10.11
14.4.7
14.10

Affected products

  • xwiki xwiki-platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.