CVE-2023-26470
In XWiki Platform, saving a document with a large object number leads to persistent OOM errors
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to make the farm unusable by adding an object to a page with a huge number (e.g. 67108863). Most of the time this will fill the memory allocated to XWiki and make it unusable every time this document is manipulated. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.0-rc-1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
In XWiki Platform, saving a document with a large object number leads to persistent OOM errors
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to make the farm unusable by adding an object to a page with a huge number (e.g. 67108863). Most of the time this will fill the memory allocated to XWiki and make it unusable every time this document is manipulated. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.0-rc-1.
- Record
CVE-2023-26470- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-0954
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to make the farm unusable by adding an object to a page with a huge number (e.g. 67108863). Most of the time this will fill the memory allocated to XWiki and make it unusable every time this document is manipulated. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.0-rc-1.
- Record
EUVD-2023-0954- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-92wp-r7hm-42g7
XWiki Platform subject to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Impact
It's possible to make the farm unusable by adding an object to a page with a huge number (e.g. 67108863). This will most of the time fill the memory allocated to XWiki and make it unusable every time this document is manipulated.
Patches
It has been patched in XWiki 14.0
Workarounds
There is no workaround.
References
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19223
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira XWiki
- Email us at our security mailing list
- Record
GHSA-92wp-r7hm-42g7- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to make the farm unusable by adding an object to a page with a huge number (e.g. 67108863). Most of the time this will fill the memory allocated to XWiki and make it unusable every time this document is manipulated. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.0-rc-1.
- Record
CVE-2023-26470- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
In XWiki Platform, saving a document with a large object number leads to persistent OOM errors
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to make the farm unusable by adding an object to a page with a huge number (e.g. 67108863). Most of the time this will fill the memory allocated to XWiki and make it unusable every time this document is manipulated. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.0-rc-1.
- Record
CVE-2023-26470- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-11
OSVGHSA-92wp-r7hm-42g7
XWiki Platform subject to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Impact
It's possible to make the farm unusable by adding an object to a page with a huge number (e.g. 67108863). This will most of the time fill the memory allocated to XWiki and make it unusable every time this document is manipulated.
Patches
It has been patched in XWiki 14.0
Workarounds
There is no workaround.
References
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19223
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira XWiki
- Email us at our security mailing list
- Record
GHSA-92wp-r7hm-42g7- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcoreMaven |
before 14.0-rc-1 | 14.0-rc-1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-26470 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) in Xwiki, published March 2, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.85%, the 58th percentile. Fixed in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore 14.0-rc-1.
References
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-92wp-r7hm-42g7
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19223
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26470