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TI-2023-13878 Aliases CVE-2023-29510GHSA-4v38-964c-xjmw

Code injection via unescaped translations in xwiki-platform

Priority HIGH 76CWE-74Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In XWiki, every user can add translations that are only applied to the current user. This also allows overriding existing translations. Such translations are often included in privileged contexts without any escaping which allows remote code execution for any user who has edit access on at least one document which could be the user's own profile where edit access is enabled by default. A mitigation for this vulnerability is part of XWiki 14.10.2 and XWiki 15.0 RC1: translations with user scope now require script right. This means that regular users cannot exploit this anymore as users don't have script right by default anymore starting with XWiki 14.10. There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading to a patched versions.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01864 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed xwiki-platform (xwiki): 14.10.2org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven): 14.10.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
XWikixwiki-platformbefore 14.10.214.10.2Patch availableCNA
—org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven)4.3-milestone-2 to before 14.10.214.10.2Patch availableGHSA-4v38-964c-xjmw
  • xwiki-platform VendorXWiki Affected before 14.10.2 Fixed in 14.10.2 Patch available CNA
  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.3-milestone-2 to before 14.10.2 Fixed in 14.10.2 Patch available GHSA-4v38-964c-xjmw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 14.10.2VulnerableXWiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 14.10.2 Vulnerable ·XWiki

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA xwiki-platform (xwiki) Fixed in 14.10.2
  • Fix · GHSA-4v38-964c-xjmw org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven) Fixed in 14.10.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-29510
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4v38-964c-xjmw

References

Exploit 2

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • 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
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Sources

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