{"id":"CVE-2023-29211","aliases":["GHSA-w7v9-fc49-4qg4"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29211","summary":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki Eval Injection vulnerability","details":"### Impact\nAny user with view rights `WikiManager.DeleteWiki` can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the `wikiId` url parameter.\n\nA proof of concept exploit is to open <xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/view/WikiManager/DeleteWiki?wikiId=%22+%2F%7D%7D+%7B%7Basync+async%3D%22true%22+cached%3D%22false%22+context%3D%22doc.reference%22%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello+from+groovy%21%22%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D where <xwiki-host> is the URL of your XWiki installation.\n\n### Patches\nThe problem has been patched on XWiki  13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10.\n\n### Workarounds\nThe issue can be fixed manually applying this [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ba4c76265b0b8a5e2218be400d18f08393fe1428#diff-64f39f5f2cc8c6560a44e21a5cfd509ef00e8a2157cd9847c9940a2e08ea43d1R63-R64).\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)\n* Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)\n","published":"2023-04-16T06:34:27.926Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:15.425595434Z","cvss":{"score":9.9,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":2,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki","fixedVersion":"13.10.11"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki","fixedVersion":"14.4.7"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-wiki-ui-mainwiki","fixedVersion":"14.10"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ba4c76265b0b8a5e2218be400d18f08393fe1428#diff-64f39f5f2cc8c6560a44e21a5cfd509ef00e8a2157cd9847c9940a2e08ea43d1R63-R64","label":"xwiki/xwiki-platform@ba4c762"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20297"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29211.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-w7v9-fc49-4qg4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29211"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ba4c76265b0b8a5e2218be400d18f08393fe1428#diff-64f39f5f2cc8c6560a44e21a5cfd509ef00e8a2157cd9847c9940a2e08ea43d1R63-R64"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:15.425595434Z"}}