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XWiki 11.6-rc-1 < 13.10.10, 14.x < 14.4.6, 14.5.x < 14.9 Improper Access Control Vulnerability (GHSA-9cqm-5wf7-wcj7)

🗓️ 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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XWiki 11.6-rc-1 < 13.10.10, 14.x < 14.4.6, 14.5.x < 14.9 Improper Access Control Vulnerability (GHSA-9cqm-5wf7-wcj7

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.170335");
  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:"2023-03-06 09:03:39 +0000 (Mon, 06 Mar 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:"2023-03-13 16:31:00 +0000 (Mon, 13 Mar 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-26471");

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

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

  script_name("XWiki 11.6-rc-1 < 13.10.10, 14.x < 14.4.6, 14.5.x < 14.9 Improper Access Control Vulnerability (GHSA-9cqm-5wf7-wcj7)");

  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 an improper access control vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Comments are supposed to be executed with the right of superadmin
  but in restricted mode (anything dangerous is disabled) but the async macro is not taking into
  account the restricted mode. This means that any user with comment right can use the async macro to
  make it execute any wiki content with the right of superadmin.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki version 11.6-rc-1 prior to 13.10.10, 14.x prior to 14.4.6
  and 14.5.x prior to 14.9.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 13.10.10, 14.4.6, 14.9 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-9cqm-5wf7-wcj7");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20234");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/00532d9f1404287cf3ec3a05056640d809516006");

  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:"11.6-rc-1", test_version_up:"13.10.10" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"13.10.10", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"14.0", test_version_up:"14.4.6" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.4.6", 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:"14.9" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"14.9", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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19 Nov 2025 00:00Current
8.5High risk
Vulners AI Score8.5
CVSS 3.18.8 - 9.9
EPSS0.0092
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