Vulnerability · Published Apr 16, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-29509org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui Eval Injection vulnerability

Critical 10.0

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in xwiki-platform from xwiki. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 76.2% (higher than 99.5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)10.0Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)76.2%top 0.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights on commonly accessible documents 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 `documentTree` macro parameters in This macro is installed by default in `FlamingoThemesCode.WebHome`. This page is installed by default. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui13.10.11GHSA-f4v8-58f6-mwj4
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui14.4.7GHSA-f4v8-58f6-mwj4
Mavenorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui14.10GHSA-f4v8-58f6-mwj4

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
xwiki xwiki-platform >= 7.2-rc-1, < 13.10.11>= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.7>= 14.5, < 14.10

Weakness: CWE-95 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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