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CVE-2023-35160

CRITICALEPSS 81th pctl
9.6
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the resubmit template to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/Main xpage=resubmit&resubmit=javascript:alert(document.domain)&xback=javascript:alert(document.domain). This vulnerability exists since XWiki 2.5-milestone-2. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xwikiNVD
Affected:>= 3.0, < 14.10.5Fixed in:14.10.5CVE-2023-35160derived 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 RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days
81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-87 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2026-40321High8.07.6%-Fix
CVE-2023-35161Critical9.62.4%-Fix
CVE-2023-35159Critical9.62.2%-Fix
CVE-2023-35156Critical9.62.1%-Fix
CVE-2023-35158Critical9.62.0%-Fix
CVE-2022-36033Medium6.11.2%-Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2023-35160?

Upgrade xwiki to 14.10.5 or later.

Is CVE-2023-35160 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-35160 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2023-35160?

CVE-2023-35160 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6, 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-2023-35160 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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