🛡️ CVE-2023-29208 — xwiki

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-29208 is classified as CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. A resource is made reachable from a context that should not have access to it.

Affected software

CVE-2023-29208 is recorded against 2 packages.

• org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (from 14.5 up to 14.10)
• xwiki (from 14.5 up to 14.10)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 April 2023 and last revised on 8 November 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
jira.xwiki.org (Web)

Other advisories for this package

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2026-34151 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-40104 (published 14 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2026-33229 (8.0 High, published 8 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2025-54125 (8.0 High, published 5 Aug 2025)
• CVE-2025-54124 (8.0 High, published 5 Aug 2025)
• CVE-2025-54385 (8.0 High, published 25 Jul 2025)
• CVE-2025-49586 (8.0 High, published 13 Jun 2025)
• CVE-2024-56158 (9.5 Critical, published 12 Jun 2025)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere) in other software:

• CVE-2026-70606 (5.9 Medium, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-54727 (8.2 High, published 29 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-54495 (published 17 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-59835 (8.6 High, published 14 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-32690 (2.0 Low, published 13 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-30187 (4.7 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-29905 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-53826 (4.3 Medium, published 2 Jul 2026)

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