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CVE-2023-29524

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-04-19
  • Fixed in14.10.3
  • WeaknessCWE-74

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Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to execute anything with the right of the Scheduler Application sheet page. A user without script or programming rights, edit your user profile with the object editor and add a new object of type XWiki.SchedulerJobClass, In "Job Script", groovy code can be added and will be executed in the server context on viewing. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.3 and 15.0 RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-04-1900:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Xwiki
BranchAffectedFixed in
14.10< 14.10.314.10.3
14.10≥ 2.0.1, < 14.10.314.10.3

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As GitHub_M, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • xwiki-platform
    Affected
    • = < 14.10.3no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-04-18

Fix

  1. Update Xwiki to 14.10.3

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-02-05
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.19.9known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-74known since 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score75.7 %read 2026-11-03
  • OSVaffected packages—
  • GitHub AdvisoriesadvisoryCRITICAL2023-04-20

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-04-19
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-fc42-5w56-qw7h

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29524?

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to execute anything with the right of the Scheduler Application sheet page. A user without script or programming rights, edit your user profile with the object editor and add a new object of type XWiki.SchedulerJobClass, In "Job Script", groovy code can be added and will be executed in the server context on viewing. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.3 and 15.0 RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Is CVE-2023-29524 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-29524, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-29524?

CVE-2023-29524 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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