CVE-2023-46242 - CVE House

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Status published Critical CVE-2023-46242

Code injection in XWiki Platform

9.7 CVSS

Vulnerability 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 execute a content with the right of any user via a crafted URL. A user must have `programming` privileges in order to exploit this vulnerability. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.10.7 and 15.2RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for for this vulnerability.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

xwiki

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Affected Software

xwiki-platform

Vulnerable Versions:

>= 1.0, < 14.10.7

Timeline

Official Publish: November 7th, 2023

Last Modified: September 12th, 2024

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1505.003 Web Shell

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Command and Control

T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation