TI-2023-18311 Aliases CVE-2023-36470 GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf

Code injection in icon themes of XWiki Platform

HIGH 76CWE-74Published 2023-06-29 · Updated 2024-11-26

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. By either creating a new or editing an existing document with an icon set, an attacker can inject XWiki syntax and Velocity code that is executed with programming rights and thus allows remote code execution. There are different attack vectors, the simplest is the Velocity code in the icon set's HTML or XWiki syntax definition. The [icon picker](https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Icon%20Theme%20Application#HIconPicker) can be used to trigger the rendering of any icon set. The XWiki syntax variant of the icon set is also used without any escaping in some documents, allowing to inject XWiki syntax including script macros into a document that might have programming right, for this the currently used icon theme needs to be edited. Further, the HTML output of the icon set is output as JSON in the icon picker and this JSON is interpreted as XWiki syntax, allowing again the injection of script macros into a document with programming right and thus allowing remote code execution. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki instance. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.10.6 and 15.1. Icon themes now require script right and the code in the icon theme is executed within the context of the icon theme, preventing any rights escalation. A macro for displaying icons has been introduced to avoid injecting the raw wiki syntax of an icon set into another document. 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 0.01932 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed xwiki-platform (xwiki): 14.10.6org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-default (Maven): 14.10.6, 15.2-rc-1+2 more products

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
XWiki	xwiki-platform	6.2-milestone-1 to before 14.10.6	14.10.6	Patch available	CNA
—	org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-default (Maven)	6.2-milestone-1 to before 14.10.6	14.10.6	Patch available	GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf
—	org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-script (Maven)	6.2-milestone-1 to before 14.10.6	14.10.6	Patch available	GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf
—	org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-script (Maven)	15.0-rc-1 to before 15.2-rc-1	15.2-rc-1	Patch available	GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf
—	org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-default (Maven)	15.0-rc-1 to before 15.2-rc-1	15.2-rc-1	Patch available	GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf
—	org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-ui (Maven)	6.2-milestone-1 to before 14.10.6	14.10.6	Patch available	GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf
—	org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-ui (Maven)	15.0-rc-1 to before 15.2-rc-1	15.2-rc-1	Patch available	GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf

xwiki-platform VendorXWiki Affected 6.2-milestone-1 to before 14.10.6 Fixed in 14.10.6 Patch available CNA
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-default (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.2-milestone-1 to before 14.10.6 Fixed in 14.10.6 Patch available GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-script (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.2-milestone-1 to before 14.10.6 Fixed in 14.10.6 Patch available GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-script (Maven) Vendor— Affected 15.0-rc-1 to before 15.2-rc-1 Fixed in 15.2-rc-1 Patch available GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-default (Maven) Vendor— Affected 15.0-rc-1 to before 15.2-rc-1 Fixed in 15.2-rc-1 Patch available GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-ui (Maven) Vendor— Affected 6.2-milestone-1 to before 14.10.6 Fixed in 14.10.6 Patch available GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-ui (Maven) Vendor— Affected 15.0-rc-1 to before 15.2-rc-1 Fixed in 15.2-rc-1 Patch available GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki::::::::	6.2 to before 14.10.6	Vulnerable	XWiki
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.0:-::::::	15.0	Vulnerable	XWiki
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.0:rc1::::::	15.0 rc1	Vulnerable	XWiki
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.1:-::::::	15.1	Vulnerable	XWiki
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.1:rc1::::::	15.1 rc1	Vulnerable	XWiki

cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2 to before 14.10.6 Vulnerable ·XWiki
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0 Vulnerable ·XWiki
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·XWiki
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·XWiki
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 rc1 Vulnerable ·XWiki

Remediation

Fix · CNA xwiki-platform (xwiki) Fixed in 14.10.6
Fix · GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-default (Maven) Fixed in 14.10.6 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-script (Maven) Fixed in 14.10.6 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-script (Maven) Fixed in 15.2-rc-1 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-default (Maven) Fixed in 15.2-rc-1 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-ui (Maven) Fixed in 14.10.6 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-icon-ui (Maven) Fixed in 15.2-rc-1 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-36470
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fm68-j7ww-h9xf

References

Exploit 2

Patch 3

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36470

Other 1

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform

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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