CVE-2023-29514: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

April 20, 2023

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with edit rights on any document (e.g., their own user profile) can execute code with programming rights, leading to remote code execution. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.1 and 15.0 RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-9j36-3cp4-rh4j
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/7bf7094f8ffac095f5d66809af7554c9cc44de09
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-9j36-3cp4-rh4j
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20268
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29514

Code Behaviors & Features

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