CVE-2024-43401 In XWiki Platform, payloads stored in content is executed when a user with script/programming right edit them
Attackers can trick privileged users into executing malicious code by editing crafted content, leading to code execution and privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-43401?
CVE-2024-43401 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 19 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. A user without script/programming right can trick a user with elevated rights to edit a content with a malicious payload using a WYSIWYG editor. The user with elevated rights is not warned beforehand that they are going to edit possibly dangerous content. The payload is executed at edit time. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10RC1.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43401?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates Maven | All versions | 15.10-rc-1 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates Maven | All versions | 15.10-rc-1 |
Products include Xwiki Xwiki.
How do I fix CVE-2024-43401?
Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates to 15.10-rc-1 or later.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2024-43401 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43401 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-f963-4cq8-2gw7.