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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2023-29524 in the critical feed json

Code injection from account through XWiki.SchedulerJobSheet in xwiki-platform

published 2023-04-18 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-fc42-5w56-qw7h , EUVD-2023-1286

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
75.7%
EPSS 75.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to execute anything with the right of the Scheduler Application sheet page. A user without script or programming rights, edit your user profile with the object editor and add a new object of type XWiki.SchedulerJobClass, In "Job Script", groovy code can be added and will be executed in the server context on viewing. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.3 and 15.0 RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-scheduler-ui 14.10.3
  • xwiki xwiki 14.10.3

CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

75.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • jira.xwiki.org https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20295 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • jira.xwiki.org https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20462 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fc42-5w56-qw7h 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-scheduler-ui
>=2.0.1, <14.10.3
14.10.3

Affected products

  • xwiki xwiki-platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

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.