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title: "CVE-2023-50721: XWiki Platform RCE from account… | CubePath"
description: "XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in 4.5-rc-1 and prior to versions 14.10.15, 15.5.2, and 15.7-rc-1, the search administration…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50721
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# CVE-2023-50721: XWiki Platform RCE from account… | CubePath

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in 4.5-rc-1 and prior to versions 14.10.15, 15.5.2, and 15.7-rc-1, the search administration interface doesn't properly escape the id and label of search user interface extensions, allowing the injection of XWiki syntax containing script macros including Groovy macros that allow remote code execution, impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki instance. This attack can be executed by any user who can edit some wiki page like the user's profile (editable by default) as user interface extensions that will be displayed in the search administration can be added on any document by any user. The necessary escaping has been added in XWiki 14.10.15, 15.5.2 and 15.7RC1\. As a workaround, the patch can be applied manually applied to the page \`XWiki.SearchAdmin\`.

Official description from the CVE record, published by GitHub\_M. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50721)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.1 Critical 10.0

Score published by GitHub\_M in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

| Metric                 | Value   | What it means                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity      | Low     | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.               |
| Privileges required    | Low     | A basic user account is needed.                                                     |
| User interaction       | None    | No action from any user is needed.                                                  |
| Scope                  | Changed | The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.                    |
| Confidentiality impact | High    | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.                                     |
| Integrity impact       | High    | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.                             |
| Availability impact    | High    | Serious or total effect on availability.                                            |

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### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.78812 (78.8% probability)

Percentile

99.6%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license.

- [CWE-95](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/95.html) Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code
- [CWE-94](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html) Improper Control of Generation of Code

## Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

- xwiki-platform

  - affected: >= 4.5-rc-1, < 14.10.15
  - affected: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.2
  - affected: >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.7-rc-1

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-76…](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7654-vfh6-rw6x)
- [github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/62863736d78ffd60d822…](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/62863736d78ffd60d822279c5fb7fb9593042766)
- [jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21200](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21200)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Dec 11, 2023
2. Record published Dec 15, 2023
3. Record last updated Aug 2, 2024

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