CVE-2023-26056 — XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 3.0-milestone-1, it's possible to execute a script with the right of another user, provided the target user does not have programming right. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.8-rc-1, 14.4.5, and 13.10.10.

01What is this vulnerability?

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 3.0-milestone-1, it's possible to execute a script with the right of another user, provided the target user does not have programming right. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.8-rc-1, 14.4.5, and 13.10.10. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
xwiki	xwiki	platform — >= 3.0-milestone-1, < 13.10.10, >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.5, >= 14.5, < 14.8-rc-1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-03-02T18:44:00.363Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-05T20:40:21.509Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-859x-p6jp-rc2w
• github.com — https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b75f212c2dd2dfc5fb5726c7830c6dbc…
• github.com — https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bd34ad6710ed72304304a3d5fec38b7cc…
• github.com — https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/dd3f4735b41971b3afc3f3aedf6664b4e…
• jira.xwiki.org — https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19856