# CVE-2023-26475: XWiki Platform vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in Annotations

- Also known as: GHSA-H6F5-8JJ5-CXHR
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.10.11, 14.4.7, 14.10
- Published: 2023-03-02 · Updated: 2025-03-05

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 2.3-milestone-1, fixed in 13.10.11; from 14.0-rc-1, fixed in 14.4.7; from 14.5, fixed in 14.10
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui (Maven): from 2.3-milestone-1, fixed in 13.10.11
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui (Maven): from 14.0-rc-1, fixed in 14.4.7
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui (Maven): from 14.5, fixed in 14.10

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 2.3-milestone-1, the annotation displayer does not execute the content in a restricted context. This allows executing anything with the right of the author of any document by annotating the document. This has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10. There is no easy workaround except to upgrade.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-annotation-ui, upgrade to a fixed version (13.10.11, 14.4.7, 14.10) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-h6f5-8jj5-cxhr
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d87d7bfd8db18c20d3264f98c6deefeae93b99f7
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20360
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20384

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