CVE-2023-29521

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with view rights 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 `Macro.VFSTreeMacro`. This page is not installed by default.This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.2, 14.4.8, 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

• CWE-74
• CWE-74

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fad02328f5ec7ab7fe5b932ffb5bc5c1ba7a5b12Patch
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgrExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fad02328f5ec7ab7fe5b932ffb5bc5c1ba7a5b12Patch
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p67q-h88v-5jgrExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20260Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Apr 19, 2023

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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