XWiki programming rights may be inherited by inclusion
Impact
The content of a document included using {{include reference="targetdocument"/}} is executed with the right of the includer and not with the right of its author.
This means that any user able to modify the target document can impersonate the author of the content which used the include macro.
Patches
This has been patched in XWiki 15.0 RC1 by making the default behavior safe.
Workarounds
Make sure to protect any included document to make sure only allowed users can modify it.
A workaround have been provided in 14.10.2 to allow forcing to execute the included content with the target content author instead of the default behavior. See https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Include%20Macro#HAuthor for more details.
References
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5027 https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20471
For more information
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Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-include | < 15.0-rc-1 | 15.0-rc-1 |
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qcj3-wpgm-qpxh
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38369
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/0a4f9b026ba9931516b4e9b3019da8da838c7ac6
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/b48116a3ebe9ce928c401b5d068d4db7e7239575
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/c1fb14402ce2ee569c5a8e3f1f8e64ae45dfbfb0
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d1a84a3eea38305ff8e10ba411910c0675ac157c
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f627abe2dc39b07ff75fe68398cc8a1bbc743ef7
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20471
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5027
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-863- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-include- Disclosed
- 24.06.2024
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 13:20
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-qcj3-wpgm-qpxh - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-include
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.
This is the only known vulnerability of this package.
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