XWiki 1.0 < 14.10.6, 15.0 < 15.2 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5w)
🗓️ 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the XWiki platform, which is related to improper code generation management, allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code. | 14 Feb 202400:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| XWiki Platform Code Injection Vulnerability | 7 Nov 202300:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2023-46243 | 7 Nov 202319:10 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2023-46243 Code execution via the edit action in XWiki platform | 7 Nov 202319:10 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2023-2962 | 3 Oct 202520:07 | – | euvd | |
| XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation and remote code execution via the edit action | 7 Nov 202323:02 | – | github | |
| CVE-2023-46243 | 7 Nov 202320:15 | – | nvd | |
| GHSA-G2QQ-C5J9-5W5W XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation and remote code execution via the edit action | 7 Nov 202323:02 | – | osv | |
| Design/Logic Flaw | 7 Nov 202320:15 | – | prion | |
| CVE-2023-46243 Code execution via the edit action in XWiki platform | 7 Nov 202319:10 | – | vulnrichment |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| github | www.github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5w |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124474");
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:"2023-11-16 12:10:52 +0000 (Thu, 16 Nov 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:"2023-11-15 15:41:00 +0000 (Wed, 15 Nov 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-46243");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("XWiki 1.0 < 14.10.6, 15.0 < 15.2 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5w)");
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 1.0 prior to 14.10.6 and 15.0 prior to 15.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 14.10.6, 15.2 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5w");
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:"1.0", 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", 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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