Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in XWiki platform - CVE-2023-26472
Published: March 6, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU72774
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 9.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-26472
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper encoding or escaping of output by the async macro and IconThemeSheet from the user profile. A remote user can gain elevated privileges.
Affected software
XWiki platform
How to mitigate CVE-2023-26472
Install updates from vendor's website.
XWiki platform - addressed in versions 13.10.10, 14.4.6, 14.9