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title: "CVE-2023-46731: XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution through the section parameter in Administration as guest"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2023-46731/
description: "CVE-2023-46731 (org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven)): XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2023-11-06
date_modified: 2024-09-05
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2023-46731"
kev: false
cvss: 10
epss: 0.88534
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2023-46731: XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution through the section parameter in Administration as guest

**Signal:** High exploit likelihood. EPSS ranks it in the top 5% of all CVEs for likely exploitation in the next 30 days. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Not in CISA KEV , but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 88.5% , percentile 99.8: FIRST’s model estimates a 88.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs (very high). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven) < 14.10.14, fixed in 14.10.14 ; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven) >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.1, fixed in 15.5.1 ; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration (Maven) < 14.10.14, fixed in 14.10.14 . 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. XWiki doesn't properly escape the section URL parameter that is used in the code for displaying administration sections. This allows any user with read access to the document XWiki.AdminSheet (by default, everyone including unauthenticated users) to execute code including Groovy code. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki instance. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.14, 15.6 RC1 and 15.5.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unablr to upgrade may apply the fix in commit fec8e0e53f9 manually. Alternatively, to protect against attacks from unauthenticated users, view right for guests can be removed from this document (it is only needed for space and wiki admins).

## Affected packages

- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui` < 14.10.14 → fixed: 14.10.14
- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui` >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.1 → fixed: 15.5.1
- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration` < 14.10.14 → fixed: 14.10.14

## Affected products (CVE record)

- xwiki xwiki-platform: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration : < 14.10.14, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui: < 14.10.14, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.1

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 10 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 10.0 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 poc , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 88.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 99.8.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-62pr-qqf7-hh89](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-62pr-qqf7-hh89)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2023-46731](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46731)
- [NVD entry CVE-2023-46731](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46731)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-62pr-qqf7-hh89)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fec8e0e53f9fa2c3f1e568cc15b0e972727c803a)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fec8e0e53f9fa2c3f1e568cc15b0e972727c803a#diff-6271f9be501f30b2ba55459eb451aee3413d34171ba8198a77c865306d174e23)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21110)

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