CVE-2023-29204 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore

What is CVE-2023-29204?

CVE-2023-29204 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 15 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. It is possible to bypass the existing security measures put in place to avoid open redirect by using a redirect such as `//mydomain.com` (i.e. omitting the `http:`). It was also possible to bypass it when using URL such as `http:/mydomain.com`. The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.10, 14.4.4 and 14.8RC1.

Weakness: CWE-601

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29204?

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

Products include Xwiki Xwiki.

How do I fix CVE-2023-29204?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to a fixed version for your release line: 14.4.4, 14.8-rc-1 or 13.10.10.

Is CVE-2023-29204 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-29204 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

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• 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-xwph-x6xj-wggv.