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XWiki 2.5-m-1 < 14.4.8, 14.5 < 14.10.6, 15.0-rc-1 < 15.2 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-7954-6m9q-gpvf)

🗓️ 28 Aug 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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XWiki 2.5-m-1 < 14.4.8, 14.5 < 14.10.6, 15.0-rc-1 < 15.2-rc-1 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-7954-6m9q-gpvf

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124419");
  script_version("2026-01-29T08:35:42+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-01-29 08:35:42 +0000 (Thu, 29 Jan 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-08-28 08:15:22 +0000 (Mon, 28 Aug 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:"2023-08-24 17:14:00 +0000 (Thu, 24 Aug 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-37914");

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

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

  script_name("XWiki 2.5-m-1 < 14.4.8, 14.5 < 14.10.6, 15.0-rc-1 < 15.2 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-7954-6m9q-gpvf)");

  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 view Invitation.WebHome 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. This can be reproduced with the
  following");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki version 2.5-m-1 prior to 14.4.8, 14.5 prior to
  14.10.6 and 15.0-rc-1 prior to 15.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 14.4.8, 14.10.6, 15.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7954-6m9q-gpvf");

  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:"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:"14.10.6" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.10.6", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"15.0-rc-1", test_version_up:"15.2" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"15.2", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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29 Jan 2026 00:00Current
7.3High risk
Vulners AI Score7.3
CVSS 3.18.8 - 9.9
EPSS0.01864
SSVC
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