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title: "CVE-2023-50722: XSS/CSRF Remote Code Execution in XWiki.ConfigurableClass"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2023-50722/
description: "CVE-2023-50722 (org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven)): XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in 2.3 and prior to…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2023-12-15
date_modified: 2024-08-02
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2023-50722"
kev: false
cvss: 9.7
epss: 0.00657
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2023-50722: XSS/CSRF Remote Code Execution in XWiki.ConfigurableClass

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (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. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.7% , percentile 51: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs a user to click or open something. Phishing makes that realistic, but it is not wormable.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven) >= 2.3, < 14.10.15, fixed in 14.10.15 ; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven) >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.2, fixed in 15.5.2 ; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui (Maven) >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.7-rc-1, fixed in 15.7-rc-1 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in 2.3 and prior to versions 14.10.15, 15.5.2, and 15.7-rc-1, there is a reflected XSS or also direct remote code execution vulnerability in the code for displaying configurable admin sections. The code that can be passed through a URL parameter is only executed when the user who is visiting the crafted URL has edit right on at least one configuration section. While any user of the wiki could easily create such a section, this vulnerability doesn't require the attacker to have an account or any access on the wiki. It is sufficient to trick any admin user of the XWiki installation to visit the crafted URL. This vulnerability allows full remote code execution with programming rights and thus impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. This has been fixed in XWiki 14.10.15, 15.5.2 and 15.7RC1. The patch can be manually applied to the document XWiki.ConfigurableClass.

## Affected packages

- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui` >= 2.3, < 14.10.15 → fixed: 14.10.15
- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui` >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.2 → fixed: 15.5.2
- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui` >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.7-rc-1 → fixed: 15.7-rc-1

## Affected products (CVE record)

- xwiki xwiki-platform: >= 2.3, < 14.10.15, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.2, >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.7-rc-1

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 9.7 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.6 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 51.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-cp3j-273x-3jxc](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cp3j-273x-3jxc)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2023-50722](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50722)
- [NVD entry CVE-2023-50722](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50722)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-cp3j-273x-3jxc)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/5e14c8d08fd0c5b619833d35090b470aa4cb52b0)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21167)

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