CVE-2023-46731 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-46731

Remote code execution through the section parameter in Administration as guest in XWiki Platform

Vulnerability Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. XWiki doesn't properly escape the section URL parameter that is used in the code for displaying administration sections. This allows any user with read access to the document `XWiki.AdminSheet` (by default, everyone including unauthenticated users) to execute code including Groovy code. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki instance. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.14, 15.6 RC1 and 15.5.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unablr to upgrade may apply the fix in commit `fec8e0e53f9` manually. Alternatively, to protect against attacks from unauthenticated users, view right for guests can be removed from this document (it is only needed for space and wiki admins).

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xwiki-platform
Vulnerable Versions:
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration : < 14.10.14, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui: < 14.10.14, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.1

Timeline

Official Publish: November 6th, 2023
Last Modified: September 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)