{"id":"CVE-2023-26475","aliases":["EUVD-2023-1025","GHSA-h6f5-8jj5-cxhr"],"status":"published","title":"XWiki Platform vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in Annotations","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 2.3-milestone-1, the annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document. This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10. There is no easy workaround except to upgrade.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":10,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.63587,"percentile":0.9922,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-270"],"published":"2023-03-02T15:16:43Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:38:35Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui","fixed_in":["13.10.11","14.4.7","14.10"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.3-milestone-1"},{"fixed":"13.10.11"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.0-rc-1"},{"fixed":"14.4.7"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.5"},{"fixed":"14.10"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.3-milestone-1"},{"fixed":"13.10.11"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.0-rc-1"},{"fixed":"14.4.7"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.5"},{"fixed":"14.10"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"xwiki","product":"xwiki"},{"vendor":"xwiki","product":"xwiki-platform"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-h6f5-8jj5-cxhr","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d87d7bfd8db18c20d3264f98c6deefeae93b99f7","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20360","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20384","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26475","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h6f5-8jj5-cxhr"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/26xxx/CVE-2023-26475.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-26475","title":"XWiki Platform vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in Annotations","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 2.3-milestone-1, the annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document. This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10. There is no easy workaround except to upgrade.","status":"published","published":"2023-03-02T18:07:04.129Z","modified":"2025-03-05T21:23:14.514Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":10,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-270","CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:15.434947Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-1025","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 2.3-milestone-1, the annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document. This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10. There is no easy workaround except to upgrade.","status":"published","published":"2023-03-02T18:07:04Z","modified":"2025-03-05T21:23:14Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":10,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:53:11.987115Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-h6f5-8jj5-cxhr","title":"xwiki-platform vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in Annotations","description":"### Impact\n\nThe annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document.\n\nTo reproduce: add an annotation with the content `{{groovy}}print \"hello\"{{/groovy}}` and click the yellow scare to get a display of the annotation inline.\n\nThe result is \"hello\" but it should be an error suggesting that it's not allowed to use the groovy macro.\n\n### Patches\nThis has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere is no easy workaround except to upgrade.\n\n### References\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20360\n\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20384\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)\n* Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)\n\n### Attribution\n\nThis vulnerability has been reported by René de Sain @renniepak.","status":"published","published":"2023-03-02T15:16:43Z","modified":"2023-03-13T19:17:41Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-270"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:48.041653Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-26475","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. 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This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document.\n\nTo reproduce: add an annotation with the content `{{groovy}}print \"hello\"{{/groovy}}` and click the yellow scare to get a display of the annotation inline.\n\nThe result is \"hello\" but it should be an error suggesting that it's not allowed to use the groovy macro.\n\n### Patches\nThis has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere is no easy workaround except to upgrade.\n\n### References\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20360\n\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20384\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)\n* Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)\n\n### Attribution\n\nThis vulnerability has been reported by René de Sain @renniepak.","status":"published","published":"2023-03-02T15:16:43Z","modified":"2023-11-08T04:12:01.595608Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-270"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:48.546324Z"}]}}