CVE-2023-29526 Async and display macro allow displaying and interacting with any document in restricted mode
Attackers can execute arbitrary code and access restricted documents via async and display macros in XWiki Platform.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-29526?
CVE-2023-29526 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 18 Apr 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 offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible to display or interact with any page a user cannot access through the combination of the async and display macros. A comment with either macro will be executed when viewed providing a code injection vector in the context of the running server. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29526?
12 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore and org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 10.11.1 | 13.10.11 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 10.11.1 | 13.10.11 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 14.0-rc-1 | 14.4.8 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 14.0-rc-1 | 14.4.8 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 14.5 | 14.10.3 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 14.5 | 14.10.3 |
6 more packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro Maven | From 10.11.1 | 13.10.11 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro Maven | From 10.11.1 | 13.10.11 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro Maven | From 14.0-rc-1 | 14.4.8 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro Maven | From 14.0-rc-1 | 14.4.8 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro Maven | From 14.5 | 14.10.3 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro Maven | From 14.5 | 14.10.3 |
Products include Xwiki Xwiki.
How do I fix CVE-2023-29526?
Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to a fixed version for your release line: 13.10.11, 14.4.8 or 14.10.3.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2023-29526 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-29526 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Xwiki Xwiki
- CVE-2025-24893 XWiki Platform Eval Injection
- CVE-2025-53836 XWiki Rendering is vulnerable to RCE attacks when processing nested macros
- CVE-2024-55662 XWiki allows remote code execution through the extension sheet
- CVE-2024-55877 XWiki allows remote code execution from account through macro descriptions and XWiki.XWikiSyntaxMacrosList
- CVE-2024-37901 XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution from account via SearchSuggestConfigSheet
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5.