CVE-2024-38369 XWiki programming rights may be inherited by inclusion
Attackers can execute code with the privileges of the user who included a document, allowing privilege escalation in XWiki.
- 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-2024-38369?
CVE-2024-38369 is a critical vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 24 Jun 2024. 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. The content of a document included using `{{include reference="targetdocument"/}}` is executed with the right of the includer and not with the right of its author. This means that any user able to modify the target document can impersonate the author of the content which used the `include` macro. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0 RC1 by making the default behavior safe.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38369?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-include. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-include Maven | All versions | 15.0-rc-1 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-include Maven | All versions | 15.0-rc-1 |
Products include Xwiki Xwiki.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38369?
Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-macro-include to 15.0-rc-1 or later.
Is CVE-2024-38369 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38369 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-qcj3-wpgm-qpxh.