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Vulnerability details: VCID-3ksc-nvrc-6ub3
Vulnerability ID VCID-3ksc-nvrc-6ub3
Aliases CVE-2023-40572
GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m
Summary Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The create action is vulnerable to a CSRF attack, allowing script and thus remote code execution when targeting a user with script/programming right, thus compromising the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. When a user with script right views this image and a log message `ERROR foo - Script executed!` appears in the log, the XWiki installation is vulnerable. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.9 and 15.4RC1 by requiring a CSRF token for the actual page creation.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
epss 0.01802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m
cvssv3.1 8.0 https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
cvssv3.1 8.0 https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/123e5d7e4ca06bf75b95aaef665aafc4fa9cae64
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/123e5d7e4ca06bf75b95aaef665aafc4fa9cae64
cvssv3.1 8.0 https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b20528808d0c311290b0d9ab2cfc44063380ef7
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b20528808d0c311290b0d9ab2cfc44063380ef7
cvssv3.1 8.0 https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m
cvssv3.1 8.0 https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20849
generic_textual HIGH https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20849
cvssv3.1 8.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40572
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40572
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-40572
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/123e5d7e4ca06bf75b95aaef665aafc4fa9cae64
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b20528808d0c311290b0d9ab2cfc44063380ef7
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20849
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40572
GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m
GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/123e5d7e4ca06bf75b95aaef665aafc4fa9cae64
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4b20528808d0c311290b0d9ab2cfc44063380ef7
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8m-7h83-9f6m
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20849
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40572
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.82747
EPSS Score 0.01802
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:51:43.727240+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore/CVE-2023-40572.yml 38.0.0