Description
XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. The "restricted" mode of the HTML cleaner in XWiki, introduced in version 4.2-milestone-1, only escaped `<script>` and `<style>`-tags but neither attributes that can be used to inject scripts nor other dangerous HTML tags like `<iframe>`. As a consequence, any code relying on this "restricted" mode for security is vulnerable to JavaScript injection ("cross-site scripting"/XSS). When a privileged user with programming rights visits such a comment in XWiki, the malicious JavaScript code is executed in the context of the user session. This allows server-side code execution with programming rights, impacting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the XWiki instance. This problem has been patched in XWiki 14.6 RC1 with the introduction of a filter with allowed HTML elements and attributes that is enabled in restricted mode. There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading to a version including the fix.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xwiki | xwiki-commons | >= 4.2-milestone-1, < 14.6-rc-1 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 1 repository
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shoucheng3/xwiki__xwiki-commons_CVE-2023-29201_14-5 ★ 0 · Aug 20, 2025
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml | >= 4.2-milestone-1, < 14.6-rc-1 | 14.6-rc-1 | GHSA-m3jr-cvhj-f35j |
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-m3jr-cvhj-f35j
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/4a185e0594d90cd4916d60aa60bb4333dc5623b2
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/b11eae9d82cb53f32962056b5faa73f3720c6182
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1680
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2426
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9118