XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view rights on commonly accessible documents including the legacy notification activity macro can execute arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The root cause is improper escaping of the macro parameters of the legacy notification activity macro. This macro is installed by default in XWiki. The vulnerability can be exploited via every wiki page that is editable including the user's profile, but also with just view rights using the HTMLConverter that is part of the CKEditor integration which is bundled with XWiki. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10.
CVE-2023-29209
This critical-severity CVE scores 9.9 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 18.9%, top 5% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.9
- EG Score
- 9.9(medium)
- EPSS
- 62.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 15, 2023
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Jul 6, 2026Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection') in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-notification-activitymacro · Advisory · xwiki/xwiki-platform · GitHub
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-9pc2-x9qf-7j2qcommit 943924908846 (xwiki/xwiki-platform)
Patch available: xwiki/xwiki-platform xwiki-platform-17.10.2 (contains commit 943924908846)
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/94392490884635c028199275db059a4f471e57bcAffected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-notification-activitymacro | — | 14.10 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
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