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title: "CVE-2024-37899: XWiki Platform allows remote code execution from user account"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-37899/
description: "CVE-2024-37899 (org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven)): XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-06-20
date_modified: 2025-02-05
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-37899"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.00694
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-37899: XWiki Platform allows remote code execution from 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?

- Not in CISA KEV , but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 0.7% , percentile 52: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 52% 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-oldcore (Maven) >= 13.4.7, < 13.5, fixed in 14.10.21 ; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven) >= 13.10.3, < 14.10.21, fixed in 14.10.21 ; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven) >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.5, fixed in 15.5.5 ; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven) >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10.6, fixed in 15.10.6 . 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. When an admin disables a user account, the user's profile is executed with the admin's rights. This allows a user to place malicious code in the user profile before getting an admin to disable the user account. To reproduce, as a user without script nor programming rights, edit the about section of your user profile and add {{groovy}}services.logging.getLogger("attacker").error("Hello from Groovy!"){{/groovy}}. As an admin, go to the user profile and click the "Disable this account" button. Then, reload the page. If the logs show attacker - Hello from Groovy! then the instance is vulnerable. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.21, 15.5.5, 15.10.6 and 16.0.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. Workarounds We're not aware of any workaround except upgrading. References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21611 https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f89c8f47fad6e5cc7e68c69a7e0acde07f5eed5a

## Affected packages

- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore` >= 13.4.7, < 13.5 → fixed: 14.10.21
- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore` >= 13.10.3, < 14.10.21 → fixed: 14.10.21
- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore` >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.5 → fixed: 15.5.5
- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore` >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10.6 → fixed: 15.10.6
- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore` >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.0.0 → fixed: 16.0.0

## Affected products (CVE record)

- xwiki xwiki-platform: >= 13.4.7, <= 13.5, >= 13.10.3, < 14.10.21, >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.5, >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10.6, >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.0.0

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.0 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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 no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 52.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-j584-j2vj-3f93](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j584-j2vj-3f93)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-37899](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37899)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-37899](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37899)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-j584-j2vj-3f93)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f89c8f47fad6e5cc7e68c69a7e0acde07f5eed5a)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21611)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/046c36519a2df392c922c16d0d38472b98c414d0)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/233b08b26580df4b7a595882dac65ed4e4a2419c)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/2b55c29562ccd20f8f0f85075f0c95b4ee9cd9be)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f8409419c5d0ddefe1bee55e73629a54275fa735)

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