CVE-2023-29516

Q: How do I fix CVE-2023-29516?

Upgrade xwiki to 14.10.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2023-29516 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-29516 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 65.9% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2023-29516?

CVE-2023-29516 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2023-29516 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for xwiki (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 99th pctl

9.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any user with view rights on `XWiki.AttachmentSelector` can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping in the "Cancel and return to page" button. This page is installed by default. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.1, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CWE-74Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

xwikiNVD

Affected:>= 14.5, < 14.10.1Fixed in:14.10.1CVE-2023-29516derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

65.87%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

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CVE-2019-2725	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-46169	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
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CVE-2019-17558	High	7.5	99%	KEV	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2023-29516?

Upgrade xwiki to 14.10.1 or later.

Is CVE-2023-29516 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-29516 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 65.9% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2023-29516?

CVE-2023-29516 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2023-29516 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for xwiki (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.