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CVE-2023-45136 XWiki

Affected softwareXWiki
Severity9.6 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in14.10.12, 15.5-rc-1
WeaknessCross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Published25 Oct 2023
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. When document names are validated according to a name strategy (disabled by default), XWiki starting in version 12.0-rc-1 and prior to versions 12.10.12 and 15.5-rc-1 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting attack in the page creation form. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary actions with the rights of the user opening the malicious link. Depending on the rights of the user, this may allow remote code execution and full read and write access to the whole XWiki installation. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.12 and 15.5-rc-1 by adding appropriate escaping. The vulnerable template file createinline.vm is part of XWiki's WAR and can be patched by manually applying the changes from the fix.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: poc CISA recorded that an exploit has been demonstrated. Automatable: no, technical impact: total.
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Nuclei.
  • EPSS 5.4% chance in 30 days
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Nuclei XWiki < 14.10.14 - Cross-Site Scripting

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug
Finding A reference points at an upstream fix (commit tier): https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ba56fda175156dd35035f2b8c86cbd8ef1f90c2e. That makes this CVE a candidate for an ARMR patch rule — it is the kind of defect ARMR can address, and there is a fix to work from. No rule exists and none is scheduled: writing one means reading the linked change and finding a hook point ARMR can express it at, which may turn out not to exist.
Candidate fix https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ba56fda175156dd35035f2b8c86cbd8ef1f90c2e : a commit: the change itself

CVSS

9.6 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 9.6 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H security-advisories@github.com Secondary published
CVSS 3.1 9.6 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates 12.0-rc-1 14.10.12 unbounded
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates 15.0-rc-1 15.5-rc-1 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 5 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv org.xwiki.platform xwiki-platform-web-templates generic ≥ 12.0 and < 14.10.12 · ≥ 15.0 and < 15.5
nvd xwiki xwiki generic ≥ 12.0 and < 14.10.12 · ≥ 15.0 and < 15.5 · 15.5:rc1

References

URLTags
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ba56fda175156dd35035f2b8c86cbd8ef1f90c2e commit
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qcj9-gcpg-4w2w WEB
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform PACKAGE
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20854 WEB

Timeline

Published2023-10-25By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.