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title: "CVE-2023-46244: XWiki Platform privilege escalation from script right to programming right through title displayer"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2023-46244/
description: "CVE-2023-46244 (org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-display-api (Maven)): XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2023-11-07
date_modified: 2024-09-12
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2023-46244"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.0079
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2023-46244: XWiki Platform privilege escalation from script right to programming right through title displayer

**Signal:** Critical, preconditions apply. Severe if exploited, but exploitation needs conditions that may not apply to you. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.8% , percentile 56: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (high (admin)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-display-api (Maven) >= 3.2-milestone-3, < 14.10.7, fixed in 14.10.7 ; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-display-api (Maven) >= 15.0, < 15.2-rc-1, fixed in 15.2-rc-1 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible for a user to write a script in which any velocity content is executed with the right of any other document content author. Since this API require programming right and the user does not have it, the expected result is $doc.document.authors.contentAuthor (not executed script), unfortunately with the security vulnerability it is possible for the attacker to get XWiki.superadmin which shows that the title was executed with the right of the unmodified document. This has been patched in XWiki versions 14.10.7 and 15.2RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## Affected packages

- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-display-api` >= 3.2-milestone-3, < 14.10.7 → fixed: 14.10.7
- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-display-api` >= 15.0, < 15.2-rc-1 → fixed: 15.2-rc-1

## Affected products (CVE record)

- xwiki xwiki-platform: >= 3.2-milestone-3, < 14.10.7

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 56.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-rmxw-c48h-2vf5](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rmxw-c48h-2vf5)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2023-46244](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46244)
- [NVD entry CVE-2023-46244](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46244)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-rmxw-c48h-2vf5)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/11a9170dfe63e59f4066db67f84dbfce4ed619c6)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/41d7dca2d30084966ca6a7ee537f39ee8354a7e3)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20624)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20625)

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