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CVE-2024-31987

XWiki Platform remote code execution from account via custom skins support

10.0 CriticalFix available

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 6.4-milestone-1 and prior to versions 4.10.19, 15.5.4, and 15.10-rc-1, any user who can edit any page like their profile can create a custom skin with a template override that is executed with programming right, thus allowing remote code execution. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.19, 15.5.4 and 15.10RC1. No known workarounds are available except for 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
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.45%Up 1.4 points since Apr 11, 2024
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 10.0

XWiki Platform remote code execution from account via custom skins support

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 6.4-milestone-1 and prior to versions 4.10.19, 15.5.4, and 15.10-rc-1, any user who can edit any page like their profile can create a custom skin with a template override that is executed with programming right, thus allowing remote code execution. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.19, 15.5.4 and 15.10RC1. No known workarounds are available except for upgrading.

Record
CVE-2024-31987
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-862
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-1189 10.0

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 6.4-milestone-1 and prior to versions 4.10.19, 15.5.4, and 15.10-rc-1, any user who can edit any page like their profile can create a custom skin with a template override that is executed with programming right, thus allowing remote code execution. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.19, 15.5.4 and 15.10RC1. No known workarounds are available except for upgrading.

Record
EUVD-2024-1189
CVSS 3.1
10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cv55-v6rw-7r5v 9.9

XWiki Platform remote code execution from account via custom skins support

Impact

Any user who can edit any page like their profile can create a custom skin with a template override that is executed with programming right, thus allowing remote code execution.

To reproduce, as a user without edit, script or admin right, add an object of class XWiki.XWikiSkins to your profile. Name it whatever you want and set the Base Skin to flamingo. Add an object of class XWikiSkinFileOverrideClass and set the path to macros.vm and the content to:

#macro(mediumUserAvatar $username)
  #resizedUserAvatar($username 50)
  $services.logging.getLogger('Skin').error("I got programming: $services.security.authorization.hasAccess('programming')")
#end

Back to your profile, click Test this skin. Force a refresh, just in case. If the error "Skin - I got programming: true" gets logged, the installation is vulnerable.

Patches

This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.19, 15.5.4 and 15.10RC1.

Workarounds

We're not aware of any workaround except upgrading.

References

Record
GHSA-cv55-v6rw-7r5v
CVSS 3.1
9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-862
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 9.9

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 6.4-milestone-1 and prior to versions 4.10.19, 15.5.4, and 15.10-rc-1, any user who can edit any page like their profile can create a custom skin with a template override that is executed with programming right, thus allowing remote code execution. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.19, 15.5.4 and 15.10RC1. No known workarounds are available except for upgrading.

Record
CVE-2024-31987
CVSS 3.1
9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-862
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.9

XWiki Platform remote code execution from account via custom skins support

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 6.4-milestone-1 and prior to versions 4.10.19, 15.5.4, and 15.10-rc-1, any user who can edit any page like their profile can create a custom skin with a template override that is executed with programming right, thus allowing remote code execution. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.19, 15.5.4 and 15.10RC1. No known workarounds are available except for upgrading.

Record
CVE-2024-31987
CVSS 3.1
9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-862
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-cv55-v6rw-7r5v 9.9

XWiki Platform remote code execution from account via custom skins support

Impact

Any user who can edit any page like their profile can create a custom skin with a template override that is executed with programming right, thus allowing remote code execution.

To reproduce, as a user without edit, script or admin right, add an object of class XWiki.XWikiSkins to your profile. Name it whatever you want and set the Base Skin to flamingo. Add an object of class XWikiSkinFileOverrideClass and set the path to macros.vm and the content to:

#macro(mediumUserAvatar $username)
  #resizedUserAvatar($username 50)
  $services.logging.getLogger('Skin').error("I got programming: $services.security.authorization.hasAccess('programming')")
#end

Back to your profile, click Test this skin. Force a refresh, just in case. If the error "Skin - I got programming: true" gets logged, the installation is vulnerable.

Patches

This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.19, 15.5.4 and 15.10RC1.

Workarounds

We're not aware of any workaround except upgrading.

References

Record
GHSA-cv55-v6rw-7r5v
CVSS 3.1
9.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-862
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Maven
 6.4-milestone-1 up to 14.10.19
14.10.19
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Maven
 15.0-rc-1 up to 15.5.4
15.5.4
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
Maven
 15.6-rc-1 up to 15.10-rc-1
15.10-rc-1

History

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

In short

CVE-2024-31987 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Xwiki, published April 10, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.45%, the 73rd percentile. Fixed in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore 14.10.19.

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