CVE-2023-29210

Name: CVE-2023-29210
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2023-04-15T17:15:07.113+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

HIGHCVSS 8.8/10EPSS 1.19%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-29210 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights on commonly accessible documents including the notification preferences macros can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. EPSS estimates a 1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights on commonly accessible documents including the notification preferences macros can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the user parameter of the macro that provide the notification filters. These macros are used in the user profiles and thus installed by default in XWiki. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

8.8/10

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

EPSS Probability

1.19%

64.1th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Update
Xwiki	Xwiki	< 13.10.11	—
Xwiki	Xwiki	>= 14.4.0, < 14.4.7	—
Xwiki	Xwiki	14.10	Rc1

References

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/cebf9167e4fd64a8777781fc56461e9abbe0b32aPatch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p9mj-v5mf-m82xExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20259Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/cebf9167e4fd64a8777781fc56461e9abbe0b32aPatch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p9mj-v5mf-m82xExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20259Exploit, Issue Tracking

Timeline

Published: Apr 15, 2023
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-29210?

How severe is CVE-2023-29210?

CVE-2023-29210 has a CVSS score of 8.8/10 (HIGH severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.19% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-29210?

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Source: NVD / NIST