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CVE-2023-26473

XWiki Platform allows unprivileged users to make arbitrary select queries using DatabaseListProperty and suggest.vm

6.5 MediumFix available

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 1.3-rc-1, any user with edit right can execute arbitrary database select and access data stored in the database. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10. There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.64%Down 0.2 points since Mar 3, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

XWiki Platform allows unprivileged users to make arbitrary select queries using DatabaseListProperty and suggest.vm

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 1.3-rc-1, any user with edit right can execute arbitrary database select and access data stored in the database. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10. There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading.

Record
CVE-2023-26473
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-1118 6.5

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 1.3-rc-1, any user with edit right can execute arbitrary database select and access data stored in the database. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10. There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading.

Record
EUVD-2023-1118
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vpx4-7rfp-h545 6.5

Unprivileged XWiki Platform users can make arbitrary select queries using DatabaseListProperty and suggest.vm

Impact

Any user with edit right can execute arbitrary database select and access data stored in the database.

To reproduce:

  • In admin, rights, remove scripting rights for {{XWikiAllGroup}}.
  • Create a new user without any special privileges.
  • Create a page "Private.WebHome" with {{TOKEN_42}} as content. Go to "page administration" and explicitly set all rights for "Admin" to remove them for all other users.
  • Logout and login as the unprivileged user. Ensure that the previously created page cannot be viewed.
  • Create a new page "ExploitClass.WebHome" and then open it in the class editor (first, make the user an advanced user).
  • Add a field named {{ContentList}} of type {{Database List}}
  • Enter in field "Hibernate Query" the following content: {noformat}select doc.content, doc.fullName from XWikiDocument as doc where doc.fullName = 'Private.WebHome'{noformat}
  • Save the class.
  • Open [http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/ExploitClass/?xpage=suggest&classname=ExploitClass.WebHome&fieldname=ContentList&firCol=doc.fullName&secCol=-]

Patches

The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.

Workarounds

There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading.

References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19523

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Record
GHSA-vpx4-7rfp-h545
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.5

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 1.3-rc-1, any user with edit right can execute arbitrary database select and access data stored in the database. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10. There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading.

Record
CVE-2023-26473
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

XWiki Platform allows unprivileged users to make arbitrary select queries using DatabaseListProperty and suggest.vm

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 1.3-rc-1, any user with edit right can execute arbitrary database select and access data stored in the database. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10. There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading.

Record
CVE-2023-26473
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-vpx4-7rfp-h545 6.5

Unprivileged XWiki Platform users can make arbitrary select queries using DatabaseListProperty and suggest.vm

Impact

Any user with edit right can execute arbitrary database select and access data stored in the database.

To reproduce:

  • In admin, rights, remove scripting rights for {{XWikiAllGroup}}.
  • Create a new user without any special privileges.
  • Create a page "Private.WebHome" with {{TOKEN_42}} as content. Go to "page administration" and explicitly set all rights for "Admin" to remove them for all other users.
  • Logout and login as the unprivileged user. Ensure that the previously created page cannot be viewed.
  • Create a new page "ExploitClass.WebHome" and then open it in the class editor (first, make the user an advanced user).
  • Add a field named {{ContentList}} of type {{Database List}}
  • Enter in field "Hibernate Query" the following content: {noformat}select doc.content, doc.fullName from XWikiDocument as doc where doc.fullName = 'Private.WebHome'{noformat}
  • Save the class.
  • Open [http://localhost:8080/xwiki/bin/view/ExploitClass/?xpage=suggest&classname=ExploitClass.WebHome&fieldname=ContentList&firCol=doc.fullName&secCol=-]

Patches

The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.

Workarounds

There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading.

References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19523

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Record
GHSA-vpx4-7rfp-h545
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web
Maven
1.3-rc-1 up to 13.10.11
13.10.11
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web
Maven
14.0 up to 14.4.7
14.4.7
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web
Maven
14.5 up to 14.10
14.10

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-26473 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Xwiki, published March 2, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.64%, the 51st percentile. Fixed in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web 13.10.11.

References

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