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FKIE_CVE-2023-29513

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-04-19 00:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:50

Severity

5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Summary

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. If guest has view right on any document. It's possible to create a new user using the `distribution/firstadminuser.wiki` in the wrong context. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.0-rc-1 and 14.10.1. There is no known workaround other than upgrading.

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fp36-mjw5-fmgx	Exploit, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.com	https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19852	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.com	https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20400	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fp36-mjw5-fmgx	Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19852	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20400	Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	xwiki	xwiki	*

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        {
          "product": "xwiki-platform",
          "vendor": "xwiki",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "\u003c 14.10.1"
            }
          ]
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      ],
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    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:50:15.897",
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CVE-2023-29513 (GCVE-0-2023-29513)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-18 23:46 – Updated: 2025-02-05 20:41

Title

Users can be created even when registration is disabled without validation via the template macro in xwiki-platform

Summary

Severity

5 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-05 20:41 UTC

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19852	x_refsource_MISC
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20400	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
xwiki	xwiki-platform	Affected: < 14.10.1

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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