# CVE-2023-38509: XWiki Platform's obfuscated email addresses should not be sorted

- Also known as: GHSA-G9W4-PRF3-M25G
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 14.10.9, 15.3-rc-1
- Published: 2023-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 3.5-milestone-1, fixed in 14.10.9; from 15.0, fixed in 15.3-rc-1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livetable-ui (Maven): from 3.5-milestone-1, fixed in 14.10.9
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livetable-ui (Maven): from 15.0, fixed in 15.3-rc-1

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. In org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livetable-ui starting with version 3.5-milestone-1 and prior to versions 14.10.9 and 15.3-rc-1, the mail obfuscation configuration was not fully taken into account and is was still possible by obfuscated emails. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.9 and XWiki 15.3-rc-1. A workaround is to modify the page `XWiki.LiveTableResultsMacros` following the patch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livetable-ui, upgrade to a fixed version (14.10.9, 15.3-rc-1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-g9w4-prf3-m25g
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/1dfb6804d4d412794cbe0098d4972b8ac263df0
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/1dfb6804d4d412794cbe0098d4972b8ac263df0c
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20601

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