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CVE-2026-53966: XWiki Platform Live Data Live Table Connector has privilege escalation from edit to script right through Live Data editing

August 19, 2026

Any user who can edit a page in XWiki can use Live Data’s edit REST API in XWiki to change the rights on that page. This allows the user to obtain script right on the page. Script right allows the user to execute potentially dangerous Velocity scripts and send unfiltered HTML and JavaScript to the client. If there are other security checks, e.g., in extensions, implemented as listeners to UserUpdatingDocumentEvent and similar User… events, these checks can be circumvented, too.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-45ph-gxxr-gwgw
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/448b0f074cc6711410eb2647c4740454c92d1626
  • github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-45ph-gxxr-gwgw
  • jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23986
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53966

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 13.4.0-rc-1 before 16.10.17, all versions starting from 17.0.0-rc-1 before 17.4.10, all versions starting from 17.5.0-rc-1 before 17.10.4, all versions starting from 18.0.0-rc-1 before 18.1.0-rc-1

Fixed versions

  • 16.10.17
  • 17.4.10
  • 17.10.4
  • 18.1.0-rc-1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 16.10.17, 17.4.10, 17.10.4, 18.1.0-rc-1 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Source file

maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable/CVE-2026-53966.yml

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