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CVE-2023-29517

7.5 · HIGH

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it.

Published Apr 19, 2023CWE-200EPSS 1.01%

Overview

CVE-2023-29517 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on April 19, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The office document viewer macro was allowing anyone to see any file content from the hosting server, provided that the office server was connected and depending on the permissions of the user running the servlet engine (e.g. tomcat) running XWiki. The same vulnerability also allowed to perform internal requests to resources from the hosting server. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, 15.0-rc-1. Users are advised to upgrade. It might be possible to workaround this vulnerability by running XWiki in a sandbox with a user with very low privileges on the machine.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-m3c3-9qj7-7xmxRefjira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20324Refjira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20447Refjira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20449GitHubgithub.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-m3c3-9qj7-7xmxRefjira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20324Refjira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20447Refjira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20449

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29517?

CVE-2023-29517 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on April 19, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2023-29517?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2023-29517?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2023-29517?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2023-29517 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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