CVE-2023-50723 XWiki Platform remote code execution/programming rights with configuration section from any user account
Attackers with edit rights can inject code via administration sections to gain programming rights and execute arbitrary code.
- 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-2023-50723?
CVE-2023-50723 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 15 Dec 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 2.3 and prior to versions 14.10.15, 15.5.2, and 15.7-rc-1, anyone who can edit an arbitrary wiki page in an XWiki installation can gain programming right through several cases of missing escaping in the code for displaying sections in the administration interface. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. Normally, all users are allowed to edit their own user profile so this should be exploitable by all users of the XWiki instance. This has been fixed in XWiki 14.10.15, 15.5.2 and 15.7RC1. The patches can be manually applied to the `XWiki.ConfigurableClassMacros` and `XWiki.ConfigurableClass` pages.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50723?
6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui Maven | From 15.0-rc-1 | 15.5.2 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui Maven | From 15.0-rc-1 | 15.5.2 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui Maven | From 15.6-rc-1 | 15.7-rc-1 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui Maven | From 15.6-rc-1 | 15.7-rc-1 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui Maven | From 2.3 | 14.10.15 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui Maven | From 2.3 | 14.10.15 |
Products include Xwiki Xwiki.
How do I fix CVE-2023-50723?
Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui to a fixed version for your release line: 15.5.2, 15.7-rc-1 or 14.10.15.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2023-50723 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50723 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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-qj86-p74r-7wp5.