{"answers":{"affected":"4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-40572 exists.","fix":"Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to a fixed version for your release line: 15.4-rc-1 or 14.10.9.","what":"CVE-2023-40572 is a critical vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 24 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40572 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-40572 is a critical vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 24 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-40572 exists.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): affected from 15.0-rc-1; fixed in 15.4-rc-1\n- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): affected from 15.0-rc-1; fixed in 15.4-rc-1\n- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): affected from 3.2-milestone-3; fixed in 14.10.9\n- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): affected from 3.2-milestone-3; fixed in 14.10.9\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40572/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40572/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-40572","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40572/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-40572","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"XWiki Platform","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can exploit CSRF to execute scripts and gain remote code execution privileges in XWiki installations.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"csrf"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"xwiki","vendor":"xwiki"}],"cvss":{"score":9.1,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-352","name":"Cross-Site Request Forgery"}],"description":"XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The create action is vulnerable to a CSRF attack, allowing script and thus remote code execution when targeting a user with script/programming right, thus compromising the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. When a user with script right views this image and a log message `ERROR foo - Script executed!` appears in the log, the XWiki installation is vulnerable. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.9 and 15.4RC1 by requiring a CSRF token for the actual page creation.","ecosystems":["Maven"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"XWiki Platform vulnerable to CSRF privilege escalation/RCE via the create action","id":"CVE-2023-40572","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Maven","product":"xwiki:xwiki","products":["xwiki:xwiki"],"type":"csrf","year":"2023"},"n_packages":4,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"XWiki Platform's Groovy jobs check the wrong author, allowing remote code execution","id":"CVE-2023-40573"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["15.4-rc-1"],"introduced":["15.0-rc-1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["15.4-rc-1"],"introduced":["15.0-rc-1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","purl":"pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore","source":"GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["14.10.9"],"introduced":["3.2-milestone-3"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["14.10.9"],"introduced":["3.2-milestone-3"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","purl":"pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore","source":"GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m"}],"prev":{"headline":"weblogic-framework Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-40571"},"products":["xwiki-platform"],"published":"2023-08-24","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"XWiki Platform Eval Injection","id":"CVE-2025-24893","kev_date_added":"2025-10-30","published":"2025-02-20"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"XWiki Rendering is vulnerable to RCE attacks when processing nested macros","id":"CVE-2025-53836","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-14"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"XWiki allows remote code execution through the extension sheet","id":"CVE-2024-55662","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-12"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"XWiki allows remote code execution from account through macro descriptions and XWiki.XWikiSyntaxMacrosList","id":"CVE-2024-55877","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-12"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution from account via SearchSuggestConfigSheet","id":"CVE-2024-37901","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-07-31"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"XWiki programming rights may be inherited by inclusion","id":"CVE-2024-38369","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-24"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"XWiki Platform: Remote code execution from account via SearchSuggestSourceSheet","id":"CVE-2024-31465","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-04-10"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-10-02","vendors":["xwiki"]},"summary":"Attackers can exploit CSRF to execute scripts and gain remote code execution privileges in XWiki installations.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40572/"}