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critical 10.0

CVE-2023-37909 json

Privilege escalation (PR)/remote code execution from account through Menu.UIExtensionSheet

published 3y ago modified 2mo ago also GHSA-v2rr-xw95-wcjx , EUVD-2023-2811

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Starting in version 5.1-rc-1 and prior to versions 14.10.8 and 15.3-rc-1, any user who can edit their own user profile can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.8 and 15.3-rc-1 by adding proper escaping. As a workaround, the patch can be manually applied to the document `Menu.UIExtensionSheet`; only three lines need to be changed.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu 14.10.8
  • maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu-ui 14.10.8, 15.3-rc-1
  • xwiki xwiki 14.10.8

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-15).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-v2rr-xw95-wcjx referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • jira.xwiki.org https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20746 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu
>=5.1-rc-1, <14.10.8
14.10.8
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-menu-ui
>=5.1-rc-1, <14.10.8
>=15.0-rc-1, <15.3-rc-1
14.10.8
15.3-rc-1

Affected products

  • xwiki xwiki-platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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