{"id":"CVE-2023-29511","aliases":["EUVD-2023-1391","GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668"],"status":"published","title":"xwiki-platform-administration-ui vulnerable to privilege escalation","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with edit rights on a page (e.g., it's own user page), 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 section ids in `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`. This page is installed by default. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki versions 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.","severity":{"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:L","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.01037,"percentile":0.64216,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-95"],"published":"2023-04-12T20:36:56Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:03Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui","fixed_in":["13.10.11","14.4.8","14.10.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.5M2"},{"fixed":"13.10.11"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.0-rc-1"},{"fixed":"14.4.8"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.5"},{"fixed":"14.10.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.5M2"},{"fixed":"13.10.11"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.0-rc-1"},{"fixed":"14.4.8"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.5"},{"fixed":"14.10.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"xwiki","product":"xwiki"},{"vendor":"xwiki","product":"xwiki-platform"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f1e310826a19acdcdecdecdcfe171d21f24d6ede","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20261","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29511","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29511.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29511","title":"xwiki-platform-administration-ui vulnerable to privilege escalation","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with edit rights on a page (e.g., it's own user page), 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 section ids in `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`. This page is installed by default. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki versions 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-16T07:07:53.556Z","modified":"2025-02-06T16:07:30.169Z","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:L","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-95"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:28.643185Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-1391","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with edit rights on a page (e.g., it's own user page), 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 section ids in `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`. This page is installed by default. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki versions 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-16T07:07:53Z","modified":"2025-02-06T16:07:30Z","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:L","level":"critical"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:04:03.312509Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668","title":"xwiki-platform-administration-ui vulnerable to privilege escalation","description":"### Impact\nAny user with edit rights on a page (e.g., it's own user page), 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 section ids in `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`. This page is installed by default.\n\nReproduction steps are described in https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20261\n\n### Patches\nThe vulnerability has been patched in XWiki  15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.\n\n### Workarounds\nThe issue can be fixed by applying this [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f1e310826a19acdcdecdecdcfe171d21f24d6ede) on `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n*    Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)\n*    Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)\n","status":"published","published":"2023-04-12T20:36:56Z","modified":"2023-04-26T22:15:51Z","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:L","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-95"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:51.39133Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29511","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with edit rights on a page (e.g., it's own user page), 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 section ids in `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`. This page is installed by default. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki versions 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-16T08:15:07.63Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:50:15.64Z","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:L","level":"critical","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-95"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:55.652109Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29511","title":"xwiki-platform-administration-ui vulnerable to privilege escalation","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with edit rights on a page (e.g., it's own user page), 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 section ids in `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`. This page is installed by default. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki versions 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-16T07:07:53.556Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:03.370135361Z","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:L","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-95"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:31.468318Z"},{"id":"GHSA-rfh6-mg6h-h668","title":"xwiki-platform-administration-ui vulnerable to privilege escalation","description":"### Impact\nAny user with edit rights on a page (e.g., it's own user page), 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 section ids in `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`. This page is installed by default.\n\nReproduction steps are described in https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20261\n\n### Patches\nThe vulnerability has been patched in XWiki  15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.\n\n### Workarounds\nThe issue can be fixed by applying this [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f1e310826a19acdcdecdecdcfe171d21f24d6ede) on `XWiki.AdminFieldsDisplaySheet`.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\n*    Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)\n*    Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)\n","status":"published","published":"2023-04-12T20:36:56Z","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:01.204925031Z","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:L","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-95"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:55.877614Z"}]}}