# CVE-2023-29208: Data leak through deleted documents

- Also known as: GHSA-4F8G-FQ6X-JQRR
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.10.11, 14.4.7, 14.10
- Published: 2023-04-15 · Updated: 2025-02-06

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 1.2-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-oldcore (Maven): from 1.2-milestone-1, fixed in 13.10.11
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 14.0-rc-1, fixed in 14.4.7
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 14.5, fixed in 14.10

## Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Rights added to a document are not taken into account for viewing it once it's deleted. Note that this vulnerability only impact deleted documents that where containing view rights: the view rights provided on a space of a deleted document are properly checked. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.10 by checking the rights of current user: only admin and deleter of the document are allowed to view it.

## 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 (13.10.11, 14.4.7, 14.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8g-fq6x-jqrr
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d9e947559077e947315bf700c5703dfc7dd8a8d7
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16285

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