CVE-2024-42489

Pro Macros Remote Code Execution via Viewpdf and similar macros

10.0 Critical

Pro Macros provides XWiki rendering macros. Missing escaping in the Viewpdf macro allows any user with view right on the CKEditor.HTMLConverter page or edit or comment right on any page to perform remote code execution. Other macros like Viewppt are vulnerable to the same kind of attack. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.10.1.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.06%Up 1.0 points since Aug 13, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 10.0

Pro Macros Remote Code Execution via Viewpdf and similar macros

Record: CVE-2024-42489
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-74
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-39643 10.0

Record: EUVD-2024-39643
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-03

NVD 10.0

Record: CVE-2024-42489
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-74
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 10.0

Pro Macros Remote Code Execution via Viewpdf and similar macros

Record: CVE-2024-42489
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-74
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases, published	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2024-42489 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Xwiki Pro Macros, published August 12, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.06%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.