CVE-2023-40573

XWiki Platform's Groovy jobs check the wrong author, allowing remote code execution

Published Aug 24, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. XWiki supports scheduled jobs that contain Groovy scripts. Currently, the job checks the content author of the job for programming right. However, modifying or adding a job script to a document doesn't modify the content author. Together with a CSRF vulnerability in the job scheduler, this can be exploited for remote code execution by an attacker with edit right on the wiki. If the attack is successful, an error log entry with "Job content executed" will be produced. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.9 and 15.4RC1.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-2250 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. XWiki supports scheduled jobs that contain Groovy scripts. Currently, the job checks the content author of the job for programming right. However, modifying or adding a job script to a document doesn't modify the content author. Together with a CSRF vulnerability in the job scheduler, this can be exploited for remote code execution by an attacker with edit right on the wiki. If the attack is successful, an error log entry with "Job content executed" will be produced. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.9 and 15.4RC1.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8xhr-x3v8-rghj XWiki Platform's Groovy jobs check the wrong author, allowing remote code execution
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Xwiki xwiki-platform
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki-platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Xwiki xwiki-platform
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 3, 2024, 4:21 PM
Reserved
Aug 16, 2023, 6:24 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 24, 2023, 2:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:18 AM