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XWiki 2.5-m-1 < 13.10.11, 14.0-rc-1 < 14.4.8, 14.5 < 14.10.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-px54-3w5j-qjg9)

🗓️ 26 Jul 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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XWiki privilege escalation vulnerabilit

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:xwiki:xwiki";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124378");
  script_version("2025-11-19T05:40:23+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-19 05:40:23 +0000 (Wed, 19 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-07-26 10:15:22 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-04-28 17:40:00 +0000 (Fri, 28 Apr 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-29518");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("XWiki 2.5-m-1 < 13.10.11, 14.0-rc-1 < 14.4.8, 14.5 < 14.10.1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-px54-3w5j-qjg9)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_xwiki_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("xwiki/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Xwiki is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Any user who can edit their own user profile can execute
  arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution
  including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki version 2.5-m-1 prior to 13.10.11, 14.0-rc-1 prior to
  14.4.8 and 14.5 prior to 14.10.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 13.10.11, 14.4.8, 14.10.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-px54-3w5j-qjg9");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if ( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"2.5-m-1", test_version_up:"13.10.11" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"13.10.11", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"14.0-rc-1", test_version_up:"14.4.8" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.4.8", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"14.5", test_version_up:"14.10.1" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.10.1", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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19 Nov 2025 00:00Current
8.6High risk
Vulners AI Score8.6
CVSS 3.18.8 - 9.9
EPSS0.01144
SSVC
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