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TI-2023-26104 Aliases CVE-2023-48240GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp

XWiki Platform sends cookies to external images in rendered diff and is vulnerable to server side request forgery

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-201Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-201.

Summary

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. The rendered diff in XWiki embeds images to be able to compare the contents and not display a difference for an actually unchanged image. For this, XWiki requests all embedded images on the server side. These requests are also sent for images from other domains and include all cookies that were sent in the original request to ensure that images with restricted view right can be compared. Starting in version 11.10.1 and prior to versions 14.10.15, 15.5.1, and 15.6, this allows an attacker to steal login and session cookies that allow impersonating the current user who views the diff. The attack can be triggered with an image that references the rendered diff, thus making it easy to trigger. Apart from stealing login cookies, this also allows server-side request forgery (the result of any successful request is returned in the image's source) and viewing protected content as once a resource is cached, it is returned for all users. As only successful requests are cached, the cache will be filled by the first user who is allowed to access the resource. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.15, 15.5.1 and 15.6. The rendered diff now only downloads images from trusted domains. Further, cookies are only sent when the image's domain is the same the requested domain. The cache has been changed to be specific for each user. As a workaround, the image embedding feature can be disabled by deleting `xwiki-platform-diff-xml-<version>.jar` in `WEB-INF/lib/`.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0071 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed xwiki-platform (xwiki): 14.10.15, 15.5.1, 15.6org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-diff-xml (Maven): 14.10.15, 15.5.1, 15.6

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
XWikixwiki-platform11.10.1 to before 14.10.15; 15.0-rc-1 to before 15.5.1; 15.6-rc-1 to before 15.614.10.15, 15.5.1, 15.6Patch availableCNA
—org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-diff-xml (Maven)11.10.1 to before 14.10.1514.10.15Patch availableGHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp
—org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-diff-xml (Maven)15.0-rc-1 to before 15.5.115.5.1Patch availableGHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp
—org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-diff-xml (Maven)15.6-rc-1 to before 15.615.6Patch availableGHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp
  • xwiki-platform VendorXWiki Affected 11.10.1 to before 14.10.15; 15.0-rc-1 to before 15.5.1; 15.6-rc-1 to before 15.6 Fixed in 14.10.15, 15.5.1, 15.6 Patch available CNA
  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-diff-xml (Maven) Vendor— Affected 11.10.1 to before 14.10.15 Fixed in 14.10.15 Patch available GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp
  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-diff-xml (Maven) Vendor— Affected 15.0-rc-1 to before 15.5.1 Fixed in 15.5.1 Patch available GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp
  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-diff-xml (Maven) Vendor— Affected 15.6-rc-1 to before 15.6 Fixed in 15.6 Patch available GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.10.1 to before 14.10.15; 15.0 to before 15.5.1VulnerableXWiki
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*15.6 rc1VulnerableXWiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.10.1 to before 14.10.15; 15.0 to before 15.5.1 Vulnerable ·XWiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.6 rc1 Vulnerable ·XWiki

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA xwiki-platform (xwiki) Fixed in 14.10.15, 15.5.1, 15.6
  • Fix · GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-diff-xml (Maven) Fixed in 14.10.15 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-diff-xml (Maven) Fixed in 15.5.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-diff-xml (Maven) Fixed in 15.6 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-48240
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7rfg-6273-f5wp

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

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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