CVE-2023-50721

XWiki Platform RCE from account through SearchAdmin

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 15, 2023 at 07:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXwiki

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 79%

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in 4.5-rc-1 and prior to versions 14.10.15, 15.5.2, and 15.7-rc-1, the search administration interface doesn't properly escape the id and label of search user interface extensions, allowing the injection of XWiki syntax containing script macros including Groovy macros that allow remote code execution, impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki instance. This attack can be executed by any user who can edit some wiki page like the user's profile (editable by default) as user interface extensions that will be displayed in the search administration can be added on any document by any user. The necessary escaping has been added in XWiki 14.10.15, 15.5.2 and 15.7RC1. As a workaround, the patch can be applied manually applied to the page `XWiki.SearchAdmin`.

Affected

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

v < 14.10.15v < 15.5.2v < 15.7-rc-115.0 ≤ v < 15.5.24.5 ≤ v < 14.10.515.615.6 rc115.7 rc1
Affected range stops below 14.10.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.10.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.7-rc-1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94CWE-95

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