CVE-2023-26473 XWiki Platform allows unprivileged users to make arbitrary select queries using DatabaseListProperty and suggest.vm

What is CVE-2023-26473?

CVE-2023-26473 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 2 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 1.3-rc-1, any user with edit right can execute arbitrary database select and access data stored in the database. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10. There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-26473?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web. It affects 1 product.

Products include Xwiki Xwiki.

How do I fix CVE-2023-26473?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web to a fixed version for your release line: 13.10.11, 14.4.7 or 14.10.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-26473 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-26473 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Xwiki Xwiki

• CVE-2025-24893 XWiki Platform Eval Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-53836 XWiki Rendering is vulnerable to RCE attacks when processing nested macros Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-55662 XWiki allows remote code execution through the extension sheet Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-55877 XWiki allows remote code execution from account through macro descriptions and XWiki.XWikiSyntaxMacrosList Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-37901 XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution from account via SearchSuggestConfigSheet Critical 10.0

All Xwiki Xwiki vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-vpx4-7rfp-h545.