Code injection in display method used in user profiles in xwiki-platform
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. 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. The same vulnerability can also be exploited in other contexts where the `display` method on a document is used to display a field with wiki syntax, for example in applications created using `App Within Minutes`. This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.2 and 15.0RC1. There is no workaround apart from upgrading.
- Published
- Apr 18, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.0% · 80th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-74
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Report tools
Action score
36
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.0%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 10.0
- 1.2 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| xwiki | xwiki | cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- xwiki xwikibefore 13.10.11
- xwiki xwiki14.0 and later · before 14.4.8
- xwiki xwiki14.5 and later · before 14.10.2
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
xwiki xwiki-platform
- >= 3.3-milestone-1, < 13.10.11, >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8, >= 14.5, < 14.10.1affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | from 14.0-rc-1 · before 14.4.8 | 14.4.8 |
| Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | from 14.5 · before 14.10.2 | 14.10.2 |
| Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | from 3.3-milestone-1 · before 13.10.11 | 13.10.11 |
Same product
xwiki: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2025-24893Remote code execution as guest via SolrSearchMacros request in xwikiKEV99Now
- CVE-2024-21650XWiki Remote Code Execution vulnerability via user registration67This week
- CVE-2023-46731Remote code execution through the section parameter in Administration as guest in XWiki Platform66This week
- CVE-2025-32429XWiki Platform vulnerable to SQL injection through getdeleteddocuments.vm template sort parameter63This week
- CVE-2023-37462Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection') in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-skin-ui62This week
- CVE-2025-32969org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server allows SQL injection in query endpoint of REST API61This week
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Maven:org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | 13.10.11 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | 14.10.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | 14.4.8 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Server Side Include (SSI) InjectionCAPEC-101likelihood: High · High
- HTTP Request SplittingCAPEC-105likelihood: Medium · High
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Double EncodingCAPEC-120likelihood: Low · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
- Format String InjectionCAPEC-135likelihood: High · High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/App%20Within%20Minutes%20Application
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/0d547181389f7941e53291af940966413823f61c
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.