CVE-2023-26472 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-26472

XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation via async macro and IconThemeSheet from the user profile

Vulnerability Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 6.2-milestone-1, one can execute any wiki content with the right of IconThemeSheet author by creating an icon theme with certain content. This can be done by creating a new page or even through the user profile for users not having edit right. The issue has been patched in XWiki 14.9, 14.4.6, and 13.10.10. An available workaround is to fix the bug in the page `IconThemesCode.IconThemeSheet` by applying a modification from commit 48caf7491595238af2b531026a614221d5d61f38.

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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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xwiki-platform
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 6.2-milestone-1, < 13.10.10, >= 14.0, < 14.4.6, >= 14.5, < 14.9

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)

CWE-116

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise
Initial Access
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact