CVE-2023-45137

XWiki Platform XSS with edit right in the create document form for existing pages

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: October 25, 2023 at 08:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:28 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXwiki

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web` starting in version 3.1-milestone-2 and prior to version 13.4-rc-1, as well as `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates` prior to versions 14.10.12 and 15.5-rc-1, are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. When trying to create a document that already exists, XWiki displays an error message in the form for creating it. Due to missing escaping, this error message is vulnerable to raw HTML injection and thus XSS. The injected code is the document reference of the existing document so this requires that the attacker first creates a non-empty document whose name contains the attack code. This has been patched in `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web` version 13.4-rc-1 and `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates` versions 14.10.12 and 15.5-rc-1 by adding the appropriate escaping. The vulnerable template file `createinline.vm` is part of XWiki's WAR and can be patched by manually applying the changes from the fix.

Affected

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

v < 13.4-rc-1v < 14.10.12v < 15.5-rc-114.0 ≤ v < 14.10.1214.0-rc-1 ≤ v < 14.10.1215.0 ≤ v < 15.53.1-milestone-2 ≤ v < 13.4-rc-13.1.1 ≤ v < 13.45.0-rc-1 ≤ v < 15.5-rc-114.0-rc-13.1 milestone23.1 rc13.1-milestone-25.0-rc-1
Affected range stops below 13.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.4-rc-1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.10.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.5-rc-1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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