CVE-2023-26474 XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation via properties with wiki syntax that are executed with wrong author

What is CVE-2023-26474?

CVE-2023-26474 is a critical 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 13.10, it's possible to use the right of an existing document content author to execute a text area property. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10, 14.4.7, and 13.10.11. There are no known workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-26474?

12 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore and org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore. It affects 1 product.

Products include Xwiki Xwiki.

How do I fix CVE-2023-26474?

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

Is CVE-2023-26474 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-26474 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
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Also known as GHSA-3738-p9x3-mv9r.