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title: "CVE-2023-50723: Remote code execution/programming rights with configuration section from any user account"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2023-50723/
description: "CVE-2023-50723 (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: 2025-05-07
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2023-50723"
kev: false
cvss: 10
epss: 0.01188
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2023-50723: Remote code execution/programming rights with configuration section from any user account

**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 1.2% , percentile 68: FIRST’s model estimates a 1.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (low (any account)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- 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, anyone who can edit an arbitrary wiki page in an XWiki installation can gain programming right through several cases of missing escaping in the code for displaying sections in the administration interface. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. Normally, all users are allowed to edit their own user profile so this should be exploitable by all users of the XWiki instance. This has been fixed in XWiki 14.10.15, 15.5.2 and 15.7RC1. The patches can be manually applied to the XWiki.ConfigurableClassMacros and XWiki.ConfigurableClass pages.

## 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: 10 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.9 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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): 1.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 68.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-qj86-p74r-7wp5](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qj86-p74r-7wp5)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2023-50723](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50723)
- [NVD entry CVE-2023-50723](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50723)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qj86-p74r-7wp5)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/0f367aaae4e0696f61cf5a67a75edd27d1d16db6)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/1157c1ecea395aac7f64cd8a6f484b1225416dc7)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/749f6aee1bfbcf191c3734ea0aa9eba3aa63240e)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/bd82be936c21b65dee367d558e3050b9b6995713)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21121)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21122)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21194)

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