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{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/17153?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-ka4y-na7f-5kcc", "summary": "org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore makes Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs with DocumentAuthors\nThe Document script API returns directly a DocumentAuthors allowing to set any authors to the document, which in consequence can allow subsequent executions of scripts since this author is used for checking rights.\nExample of such attack: ``` {{velocity}} $doc.setContent('{{velocity}}$xcontext.context.authorReference{{/velocity}}') $doc.authors.setContentAuthor('xwiki:XWiki.superadmin') $doc.getRenderedContent() {{/velocity}}```", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2023-29507" }, { "alias": "GHSA-pwfv-3cvg-9m4c" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/56244?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore@14.4.7", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore@14.4.7" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/56245?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore@14.10", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore@14.10" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/581321?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore@14.4.1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-ka4y-na7f-5kcc" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore@14.4.1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/56242?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore@14.5", "is_vulnerable": true, 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"0.74878", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0085", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.7483", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0085", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.74865", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0085", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.74859", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0085", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.74908", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0085", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.74871", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.03251", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.87142", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.09937", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93048", "published_at": "2026-04-29T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.09937", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93052", "published_at": "2026-04-26T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.09937", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.93045", "published_at": "2026-04-21T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-29507" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "9.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "CRITICAL", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/905cdd7c421dbf8c565557cdc773ab1aa9028f83", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "9.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "CRITICAL", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" }, { "value": "Track*", "scoring_system": "ssvc", "scoring_elements": "SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-02-06T16:59:40Z/" } ], "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/905cdd7c421dbf8c565557cdc773ab1aa9028f83" }, { "reference_url": "https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20380", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "9.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "CRITICAL", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" }, { "value": "Track*", "scoring_system": "ssvc", "scoring_elements": "SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-02-06T16:59:40Z/" } ], "url": "https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20380" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29507", "reference_id": "CVE-2023-29507", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "9.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "CRITICAL", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29507" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwfv-3cvg-9m4c", "reference_id": "GHSA-pwfv-3cvg-9m4c", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "CRITICAL", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1_qr", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwfv-3cvg-9m4c" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-pwfv-3cvg-9m4c", "reference_id": "GHSA-pwfv-3cvg-9m4c", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "9.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "CRITICAL", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1_qr", "scoring_elements": "" }, { "value": "CRITICAL", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" }, { "value": "Track*", "scoring_system": "ssvc", "scoring_elements": "SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2025-02-06T16:59:40Z/" } ], "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-pwfv-3cvg-9m4c" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 648, "name": "Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs", "description": "The product does not conform to the API requirements for a function call that requires extra privileges. This could allow attackers to gain privileges by causing the function to be called incorrectly." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." }, { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "9.0 - 10.0", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "9.0", "risk_score": 4.5, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-ka4y-na7f-5kcc" }