XWiki Platform before 12.8 mishandles escaping in the property displayer.
Priority HIGH 72CWE-116Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
XWiki Platform before 12.8 mishandles escaping in the property displayer.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01945 80th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Fix Fixed org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (Maven): 12.8
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (Maven) | before 12.8 | 12.8 | Patch available | GHSA-p93c-h8qm-7256 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 12.8 Fixed in 12.8 Patch available GHSA-p93c-h8qm-7256
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-p93c-h8qm-7256 org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (Maven) Fixed in 12.8 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-13654
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p93c-h8qm-7256
References
Advisory 4
More Xwiki vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-18595 Remote code execution as guest via SolrSearchMacros request in xwiki KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-25214 Remote code execution through the section parameter in Administration as guest in XWiki Platform CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-23500 XWiki Platform vulnerable to SQL injection through getdeleteddocuments.vm template sort parameter CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-23979 org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server allows SQL injection in query endpoint of REST API CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2024-20829 XWiki Platform: Remote code execution from account via SearchSuggestSourceSheet CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-14375 XWiki Remote Code Execution vulnerability via user registration CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2020-13654 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-13654 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p93c-h8qm-7256 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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