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title: "CVE-2024-43401: In XWiki Platform, payloads stored in content is executed when a user with script/programming right edit them"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-43401/
description: "CVE-2024-43401 (org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven)): XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-08-19
date_modified: 2024-08-21
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-43401"
kev: false
cvss: 9.4
epss: 0.00677
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-43401: In XWiki Platform, payloads stored in content is executed when a user with script/programming right edit them

**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 0.7% , 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-web-templates (Maven) < 15.10-rc-1, fixed in 15.10-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. A user without script/programming right can trick a user with elevated rights to edit a content with a malicious payload using a WYSIWYG editor. The user with elevated rights is not warned beforehand that they are going to edit possibly dangerous content. The payload is executed at edit time. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10RC1.

## Affected packages

- Maven `org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates` < 15.10-rc-1 → fixed: 15.10-rc-1

## Affected products (CVE record)

- xwiki xwiki-platform: < 15.10-rc-1

## 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 4.0: 9.4 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA: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): 0.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 52.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-43401](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43401)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-43401](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43401)
- [github.com](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f963-4cq8-2gw7)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20331)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21311)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21481)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21482)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21483)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21484)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21485)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21486)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21487)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21488)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21489)
- [jira.xwiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21490)

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