# CVE-2023-29509: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui Eval Injection vulnerability

- Also known as: GHSA-F4V8-58F6-MWJ4
- 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=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.10.11, 14.4.7, 14.10
- Published: 2023-04-16 · Updated: 2025-02-06

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 7.2-rc-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-flamingo-theme-ui (Maven): from 7.2-rc-1, fixed in 13.10.11
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui (Maven): from 14.0-rc-1, fixed in 14.4.7
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-ui (Maven): from 14.5, fixed in 14.10

## Description

XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights on commonly accessible documents can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the `documentTree` macro parameters in This macro is installed by default in `FlamingoThemesCode.WebHome`. This page is installed by default. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-theme-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-f4v8-58f6-mwj4
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/80d5be36f700adcd56b6c8eb3ed8b973f62ec0ae
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20279

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