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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.7

CVE-2023-35159 json

XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via xredirect parameter in deletespace template

published 2023-06-22 3 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-x234-mg7q-m8g8 , EUVD-2023-1908

cvss
9.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the deletespace template to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > xwiki/bin/deletespace/Sandbox/?xredirect=javascript:alert(document.domain). This vulnerability exists since XWiki 3.4-milestone-1. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates 14.10.5, 15.1-rc-1
  • xwiki xwiki 14.10.5

CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template XWiki >= 3.4-milestone-1 - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
>=3.4-milestone-1, <14.10.5
>=15.0-rc-1, <15.1-rc-1
14.10.5
15.1-rc-1

Affected products

  • xwiki xwiki-platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-87 Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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