Critical
XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication page
Type: advisorySources: OSV
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the DeleteApplication page to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > xwiki/bin/view/AppWithinMinutes/DeleteApplication?appName=Menu&resolve=true&xredirect=javascript:alert(document.domain). This vulnerability exists since XWiki 6.2-milestone-1. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2023-35161
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- 5 Nov 2026, 10:17 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
XWiki Platform vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication page
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 23 Jun 2023, 18:51 UTC
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Users are able to forge an URL with a payload allowing to inject Javascript in the page (XSS). It's possible to exploit the DeleteApplication page to perform a XSS, e.g. by using URL such as: > xwiki/bin/view/AppWithinMinutes/DeleteApplication?appName=Menu&resolve=true&xredirect=javascript:alert(document.domain). This vulnerability exists since XWiki 6.2-milestone-1. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.5 and 15.1-rc-1.
osv:CVE-2023-35161
Complete source record
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