CVE-2023-26055 - CVE House

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Status published Critical CVE-2023-26055

XWiki Commons may allow privilege escalation to programming rights via user's first name

10 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Starting in version 3.1-milestone-1, any user can edit their own profile and inject code, which is going to be executed with programming right. The same vulnerability can also be exploited in all other places where short text properties are displayed, e.g., in apps created using Apps Within Minutes that use a short text field. The problem has been patched on versions 13.10.9, 14.4.4, 14.7RC1.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

xwiki

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Affected Software

xwiki-commons

Vulnerable Versions:

>= 3.1-milestone-1, < 13.10.9, >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.4, >= 14.5, < 14.7-rc-1

Timeline

Official Publish: March 2nd, 2023

Last Modified: March 5th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.