Authenticated code execution via unescaped user translations
Published Apr 18, 2023 · Updated Feb 6, 2025
Code injection in XWiki Platform before 14.10.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute server-side code through user translations. DocumentTranslationBundleFactory registers attacker-controlled USER-scope translations without a script-right check, and privileged views render them without escaping. Edit access to any document is required; default self-profile editing supplies that access, and Groovy macro execution grants the XWiki process's authority.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in XWiki Platform before 14.10.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute server-side code through user translations. DocumentTranslationBundleFactory registers attacker-controlled USER-scope translations without a script-right check, and privileged views render them without escaping. Edit access to any document is required; default self-profile editing supplies that access, and Groovy macro execution grants the XWiki process's authority.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-29510
- Published
- Apr 18, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 6, 2025
- Vendor
- CryptPad
- Product
- XWiki Platform
- Classifications
- CWE-95, T1190, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 18, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=< 14.10.2
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What is affected?
Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Upstream user-translation Groovy proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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