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Status published
High
CVE-2023-29508
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-macro vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability Description
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. A user without script rights can introduce a stored XSS by using the Live Data macro, if the last author of the content of the page has script rights. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10, 14.4.7, and 13.10.11.
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
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Vulnerable Versions:
>= 13.10.10, < 13.10.11, >= 14.4, < 14.4.7, >= 14.9, < 14.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 16th, 2023
Last Modified:
February 6th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
T1189
Drive-by Compromise
Initial Access
T1059
Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1552
Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1071
Application Layer Protocol
Command and Control
T1565
Data Manipulation
Impact
T1059.007
JavaScript
Execution
T1539
Steal Web Session Cookie
Collection
T1213
Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1567
Exfiltration Over Web Service
Exfiltration
T1491.001
Defacement
Impact