{"id":"CVE-2023-29526","aliases":["EUVD-2023-1312","GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5"],"status":"published","title":"Async and display macro allow displaying and interacting with any document in restricted mode","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible to display or interact with any page a user cannot access through the combination of the async and display macros. A comment with either macro will be executed when viewed providing a code injection vector in the context of the running server. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","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":"2026-11-10","score":0.01144,"percentile":0.66985,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-284","CWE-74"],"published":"2023-04-18T22:57:29Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:53Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","fixed_in":["13.10.11","14.4.8","14.10.3"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro","fixed_in":["13.10.11","14.4.8","14.10.3"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"10.11.1"},{"fixed":"13.10.11"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.0-rc-1"},{"fixed":"14.4.8"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.5"},{"fixed":"14.10.3"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"10.11.1"},{"fixed":"13.10.11"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.0-rc-1"},{"fixed":"14.4.8"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.5"},{"fixed":"14.10.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"10.11.1"},{"fixed":"13.10.11"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.0-rc-1"},{"fixed":"14.4.8"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.5"},{"fixed":"14.10.3"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"10.11.1"},{"fixed":"13.10.11"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.0-rc-1"},{"fixed":"14.4.8"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Maven","package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"14.5"},{"fixed":"14.10.3"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"xwiki","product":"xwiki"},{"vendor":"xwiki","product":"xwiki-platform"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-694","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20394","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29526","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29526.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29526","title":"Async and display macro allow displaying and interacting with any document in restricted mode","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible to display or interact with any page a user cannot access through the combination of the async and display macros. A comment with either macro will be executed when viewed providing a code injection vector in the context of the running server. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-18T22:57:29.722Z","modified":"2025-02-05T20:45:15.815Z","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-74"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:28.218693Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-1312","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible to display or interact with any page a user cannot access through the combination of the async and display macros. A comment with either macro will be executed when viewed providing a code injection vector in the context of the running server. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-18T22:57:29Z","modified":"2025-02-05T20:45:15Z","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":"2026-11-03T00:04:03.798167Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5","title":"XWiki Platform's async and display macro allow displaying and interacting with any document in restricted mode","description":"### Impact\n\nIt's possible to display any page you cannot access through the combination of the async and display macro. \n\nSteps to reproduce:\n\n1. Enable comments for guests by giving guests comment rights\n2. As a guest, create a comment with content ```{{async}}{{display reference=\"Menu.WebHome\" /}}{{/async}}```\n3. Open the comments viewer from the menu (appends ?viewer=comments to the URL)\n\n-\u003e the `Menu.WebHome` is displayed while the expectation would be to have an error that the current user is not allowed to see it\n\n### Patches\n\nThe vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere is no known workaround.\n\n### References\n\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20394\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-694\n\n### For more information\n\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)","status":"published","published":"2023-04-20T22:24:46Z","modified":"2023-11-04T05:07:52Z","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-74","CWE-284"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:12.407027Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29526","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. 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There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-19T00:15:09.213Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:50:27.92Z","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","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-74"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:56.683259Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29526","title":"Async and display macro allow displaying and interacting with any document in restricted mode","description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible to display or interact with any page a user cannot access through the combination of the async and display macros. A comment with either macro will be executed when viewed providing a code injection vector in the context of the running server. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-18T22:57:29.722Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:53.601322672Z","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-74"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:31.468318Z"},{"id":"GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5","title":"XWiki Platform's async and display macro allow displaying and interacting with any document in restricted mode","description":"### Impact\n\nIt's possible to display any page you cannot access through the combination of the async and display macro. \n\nSteps to reproduce:\n\n1. Enable comments for guests by giving guests comment rights\n2. As a guest, create a comment with content ```{{async}}{{display reference=\"Menu.WebHome\" /}}{{/async}}```\n3. Open the comments viewer from the menu (appends ?viewer=comments to the URL)\n\n-\u003e the `Menu.WebHome` is displayed while the expectation would be to have an error that the current user is not allowed to see it\n\n### Patches\n\nThe vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere is no known workaround.\n\n### References\n\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20394\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-694\n\n### For more information\n\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)","status":"published","published":"2023-04-20T22:24:46Z","modified":"2023-11-08T04:12:20.508373Z","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-284","CWE-74"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:48.191583Z"}]}}