CVE-2024-37898: XWiki Platform vulnerable to document deletion and overwrite from edit
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 17/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.39% (FIRST EPSS).
- 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.
- Fixed version: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven) 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.6.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven) 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.6 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. When a user has view but not edit right on a page in XWiki, that user can delete the page and replace it by a page with new content without having delete right. The previous version of the page is moved into the recycle bin and can be restored from there by an admin. As the user is recorded as deleter, the user would in theory also be able to view the deleted content, but this is not directly possible as rights of the previous version are transferred to the new page and thus the user still doesn't have view right on the page. It therefore doesn't seem to be possible to exploit this to gain any rights. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5 and 15.10.6 by cancelling save operations by users when a new document shall be saved despite the document's existing already.
- Published
- Jul 31, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 34th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-862
Report tools
Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 4.3
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 4.3
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
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| 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 xwiki13.10.4 and later · before 14.0
- xwiki xwiki14.2 and later · before 14.10.21
- xwiki xwikiafter 15.0 · before 15.5.5
- xwiki xwiki15.6 and later · before 15.10.6
- xwiki xwiki15.0
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
- >= 13.10.4, < 14.0-rc-1, >= 14.2, < 14.10.21, >= 15.0, < 15.5.5, >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10.6affected
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 13.10.4 · before 14.10.21 | 14.10.21 |
| Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | from 14.2 · before 14.10.21 | 14.10.21 |
| Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | from 15.0 · before 15.5.5 | 15.5.5 |
| Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | from 15.6-rc-1 · before 15.10.6 | 15.10.6 |
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
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-37899Jun 20, 2024 · Disabling a user account changes its author, allowing RCE from user account in XWiki32Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2024-38369Jun 24, 2024 · XWiki programming rights may be inherited by inclusion17Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-37900Jul 31, 2024 · XWiki Platform vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting through attachment filename in uploader23Monitor
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 | 14.10.21 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | 15.10.6 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | 15.5.5 | 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.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
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.
- CVE-2024-31997112 days apartXWiki Platform remote code execution from account through UIExtension parameters57Plan
- CVE-2025-32973273 days apartorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-component-wiki provides no warning when granting XWiki.ComponentClass programming right36Monitor
- CVE-2024-31981112 days apartXWiki Platform: Privilege escalation (PR) from user registration through PDFClass35Monitor
- CVE-2024-31983112 days apartXWiki Platform: Remote code execution from edit in multilingual wikis via translations35Monitor
- CVE-2024-31987112 days apartXWiki Platform remote code execution from account via custom skins support35Monitor
- CVE-2024-55879134 days apartXWiki allows RCE from script right in configurable sections35Monitor
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
- none
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-862 · Missing AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/56f5d8aab7371d5ba891168f73890806551322c5
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/c5efc1e519e710afdf3c5f40c0fcc300ad77149f
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/e4968fe268e5644ffd9bfa4ef6257d2796446009
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-33gp-gmg3-hfpq
- jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21553
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.