CVE-2023-29513

MEDIUM

XWiki < 14.10.1 - Unauthenticated User Creation via Distribution First Admin User Endpoint

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19852
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-20400

Scores

CVSS v3 5.0
EPSS 0.0163
EPSS Percentile 82.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (2)
org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-web-templates 8.0-rc-1 - 14.10.1Maven
xwiki/xwiki < 14.10.1
Published Apr 19, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026