{"id":"CVE-2023-35166","aliases":["GHSA-h7cw-44vp-jq7h"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-35166","summary":"Privilege escalation (PR) from account through TipsPanel","details":"### Impact\n\nIt's possible to execute any wiki content with the right of the TipsPanel author by creating a tip UI extension.\n\nTo reproduce:\n* Add an object of type UIExtensionClass\n* Set \"Extension Point ID\" to org.xwiki.platform.help.tipsPanel\n* Set \"Extension ID\" to org.xwiki.platform.user.test (needs to be unique but otherwise doesn't matter)\n* Set \"Extension Parameters\" to\n    ```\n    tip={{async async=\"true\" cached=\"false\" context=\"doc.reference\"}}{{groovy}}println(\"Hello \" + \"from groovy!\"){{/groovy}}{{/async}}\n    ```\n* Set \"Extension Scope\" to \"Current User\".\n* Click \"Save & View\"\n* Open the \"Help.TipsPanel\" document at <xwiki-host>/xwiki/bin/view/Help/TipsPanel where <xwiki-host> is the URL of your XWiki installation and press refresh repeatedly.\n\nThe groovy macro is executed, after the fix you get an error instead.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis has been patched in XWiki 15.1-rc-1 and 14.10.5.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere are no known workarounds for it.\n\n### References\n\n* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20281\n* https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/98208c5bb1e8cdf3ff1ac35d8b3d1cb3c28b3263#diff-4e3467d2ef3871a68b2f910e67cf84531751b32e0126321be83c0f1ed5d90b29L176-R178\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":"2023-06-20T19:29:51.912Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:32:40.677485408Z","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":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-help-ui","fixedVersion":"14.10.5"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-help-ui","fixedVersion":"15.1-rc-1"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/98208c5bb1e8cdf3ff1ac35d8b3d1cb3c28b3263#diff-4e3467d2ef3871a68b2f910e67cf84531751b32e0126321be83c0f1ed5d90b29L176-R178","label":"xwiki/xwiki-platform@98208c5"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20281"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/35xxx/CVE-2023-35166.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-h7cw-44vp-jq7h"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35166"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/98208c5bb1e8cdf3ff1ac35d8b3d1cb3c28b3263#diff-4e3467d2ef3871a68b2f910e67cf84531751b32e0126321be83c0f1ed5d90b29L176-R178"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-28T10:32:40.677485408Z"}}