CVE-2023-29211
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki Eval Injection vulnerability
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights WikiManager.DeleteWiki can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the wikiId url parameter. The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki Eval Injection vulnerability
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights WikiManager.DeleteWiki can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the wikiId url parameter. The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.
- Record
CVE-2023-29211- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-95
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-1406
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights WikiManager.DeleteWiki can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the wikiId url parameter. The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.
- Record
EUVD-2023-1406- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w7v9-fc49-4qg4
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki Eval Injection vulnerability
Impact
Any user with view rights WikiManager.DeleteWiki can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the wikiId url parameter.
A proof of concept exploit is to open <xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/view/WikiManager/DeleteWiki?wikiId=%22+%2F%7D%7D+%7B%7Basync+async%3D%22true%22+cached%3D%22false%22+context%3D%22doc.reference%22%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+from+groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D where <xwiki-host> is the URL of your XWiki installation.
Patches
The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.
Workarounds
The issue can be fixed manually applying this patch.
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org
- Email us at Security Mailing List
- Record
GHSA-w7v9-fc49-4qg4- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94, CWE-95
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights WikiManager.DeleteWiki can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the wikiId url parameter. The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.
- Record
CVE-2023-29211- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-95, CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki Eval Injection vulnerability
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights WikiManager.DeleteWiki can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the wikiId url parameter. The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.
- Record
CVE-2023-29211- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-95
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-w7v9-fc49-4qg4
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki Eval Injection vulnerability
Impact
Any user with view rights WikiManager.DeleteWiki can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the wikiId url parameter.
A proof of concept exploit is to open <xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/view/WikiManager/DeleteWiki?wikiId=%22+%2F%7D%7D+%7B%7Basync+async%3D%22true%22+cached%3D%22false%22+context%3D%22doc.reference%22%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+from+groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D where <xwiki-host> is the URL of your XWiki installation.
Patches
The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.
Workarounds
The issue can be fixed manually applying this patch.
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org
- Email us at Security Mailing List
- Record
GHSA-w7v9-fc49-4qg4- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94, CWE-95
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwikiMaven |
5.3-milestone-2 up to 13.10.11 | 13.10.11 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwikiMaven |
14.0-rc-1 up to 14.4.7 | 14.4.7 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwikiMaven |
14.5 up to 14.10 | 14.10 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-29211 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Xwiki, published April 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.19%, the 68th percentile. Fixed in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki 13.10.11.
References
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-w7v9-fc49-4qg4
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20297
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29211