CVE-2023-26474 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 13.10, it's possible to use the right of an existing document content author to execute a text area property. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10, 14.4.7, and 13.10.11. There are no known workarounds.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00357.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Xwiki	Xwiki

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0846	XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 13.10, it's possible to use the right of an existing document content author to execute a text area property. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10, 14.4.7, and 13.10.11. There are no known workarounds.
Github GHSA	GHSA-3738-p9x3-mv9r	XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation via properties with wiki syntax that are executed with wrong author

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-3738-p9x3-mv9r
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20373

History

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-03-02T18:12:16.209Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T21:21:51.637Z

Reserved: 2023-02-23T23:22:58.573Z

Link: CVE-2023-26474

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:53:54.184Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-02T19:15:11.390

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:51:35.083

Link: CVE-2023-26474

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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