Critical

XWiki Platform vulnerable to code injection from account through AWM view sheet

  • Disclosed: 20.04.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

Impact

Steps to reproduce:

  1. As a user without script or programming right, edit your user profile (or any other document) with the wiki editor and add the content {{groovy}}println("Hello " + "from Groovy!"){{/groovy}}
  2. Edit the document with the object editor and add an object of type AppWithinMinutes.LiveTableClass (no values need to be set, just save)
  3. View the document

Patches

The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1 and 14.10.3.

Workarounds

There is no known workaround.

References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20423

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Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-appwithinminutes-ui >= 7.4.4, < 14.10.3 14.10.3

References

CVSS score 9.9/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-74
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-appwithinminutes-ui
Disclosed
20.04.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jgrg-qvpp-9vwr - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-appwithinminutes-ui

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
5
First → latest
04.2023 08.2023
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 4
  • Medium 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2023: 5
  2. 2024: 0
  3. 2025: 0
  4. 2026: 0
  1. Critical · 9.9 CVE-2023-40177 >= 4.3-milestone-2, < 14.10.5 14.10.5
  2. Critical · 9.6 CVE-2023-35161 >= 6.2-milestone-1, < 14.10.5, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.1-rc-1 14.10.5, 15.1-rc-1
  3. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2023-35153 >= 5.4.4, < 14.4.8, >= 14.5, < 14.10.4, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.0 14.4.8, 14.10.4, 15.0
  4. XWiki Platform vulnerable to code injection from account through AWM view sheet this entry
    Critical · 9.9 CVE-2023-29527 >= 7.4.4, < 14.10.3 14.10.3
  5. Medium · 5.4 CVE-2023-29515 >= 4.2-milestone-1, < 13.10.11, >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4.8, >= 14.5, < 14.10.1 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.1

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