{"id":"CVE-2023-29526","aliases":["GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29526","summary":"Async and display macro allow displaying and interacting with any document in restricted mode","details":"### Impact\n\nIt's possible to display any page you cannot access through the combination of the async and display macro. \n\nSteps to reproduce:\n\n1. Enable comments for guests by giving guests comment rights\n2. As a guest, create a comment with content ```{{async}}{{display reference=\"Menu.WebHome\" /}}{{/async}}```\n3. Open the comments viewer from the menu (appends ?viewer=comments to the URL)\n\n-> the `Menu.WebHome` is displayed while the expectation would be to have an error that the current user is not allowed to see it\n\n### Patches\n\nThe vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1, 14.10.3, 14.4.8, and 13.10.11.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere is no known workaround.\n\n### References\n\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20394\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-694\n\n### For more information\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)","published":"2023-04-18T22:57:29.722Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:30.257044818Z","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":{"score":0.01144,"percentile":0.63794,"asOf":"2026-08-23"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":3,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","fixedVersion":"13.10.11"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","fixedVersion":"14.4.8"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore","fixedVersion":"14.10.3"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro","fixedVersion":"13.10.11"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro","fixedVersion":"14.4.8"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rendering-async-macro","fixedVersion":"14.10.3"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XRENDERING-694"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20394"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29526.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-gpq5-7p34-vqx5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29526"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:30.257044818Z"}}