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TI-2023-13889 Aliases CVE-2023-29521GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr

Code injection from account/view through VFS Tree macro in xwiki-platform

Priority HIGH 73CWE-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 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with view rights 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 `Macro.VFSTreeMacro`. This page is not installed by default.This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.2, 14.4.8, 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01131 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed xwiki-platform (xwiki): 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.2org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui (Maven): 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 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 13.10.11; 14.0.0 to before 14.4.8; 14.5.0 to before 14.10.213.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.2Patch availableCNA
—org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui (Maven)7.4-milestone-2 to before 13.10.1113.10.11Patch availableGHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr
—org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui (Maven)14.0-rc-1 to before 14.4.814.4.8Patch availableGHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr
—org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui (Maven)14.5 to before 14.10.214.10.2Patch availableGHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr
  • xwiki-platform VendorXWiki Affected before 13.10.11; 14.0.0 to before 14.4.8; 14.5.0 to before 14.10.2 Fixed in 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.2 Patch available CNA
  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.4-milestone-2 to before 13.10.11 Fixed in 13.10.11 Patch available GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr
  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui (Maven) Vendor— Affected 14.0-rc-1 to before 14.4.8 Fixed in 14.4.8 Patch available GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr
  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui (Maven) Vendor— Affected 14.5 to before 14.10.2 Fixed in 14.10.2 Patch available GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 13.10.11; 14.0 to before 14.4.8; 14.5 to before 14.10.2VulnerableXWiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 13.10.11; 14.0 to before 14.4.8; 14.5 to before 14.10.2 Vulnerable ·XWiki

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA xwiki-platform (xwiki) Fixed in 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.2
  • Fix · GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui (Maven) Fixed in 13.10.11 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui (Maven) Fixed in 14.4.8 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-vfs-ui (Maven) Fixed in 14.10.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-29521
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgr

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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