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XWiki Platform allows unprivileged users to make arbitrary select queries using DatabaseListProperty and suggest.vm

Type: advisorySources: OSV

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 1.3-rc-1, any user with edit right can execute arbitrary database select and access data stored in the database. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10. There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading.

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CVEs
CVE-2023-26473
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5 Nov 2026, 05:20 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

XWiki Platform allows unprivileged users to make arbitrary select queries using DatabaseListProperty and suggest.vm

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Mar 2023, 18:17 UTC

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 1.3-rc-1, any user with edit right can execute arbitrary database select and access data stored in the database. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.11, 14.4.7, and 14.10. There is no workaround for this vulnerability other than upgrading.

osv:CVE-2023-26473
Complete source record
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