CVE-2023-29507

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore makes Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs with DocumentAuthors

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: April 16, 2023 at 06:52 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXwiki

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
PoC

Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. The Document script API returns directly a DocumentAuthors allowing to set any authors to the document, which in consequence can allow subsequent executions of scripts since this author is used for checking rights. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10 and 14.4.7 by returning a safe script API.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 14.10v < 14.4.714.4.1 ≤ v < 14.4.714.10 rc1
Affected range stops below 14.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.4.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-648NVD-CWE-Other

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