CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53966

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.33%

26th percentile - higher than 26% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerability in XWiki Platform from 13.4-rc-1 through 16.10.17, 17.4.10, 17.10.4, and 18.1.0-rc-1. The Live Data edit REST API allows a user with page edit rights to change that page's rights without executing normal authorization checks. The user can grant script right and then execute dangerous Velocity scripts or send unfiltered HTML/JavaScript to clients.

Risk Assessment

An attack can lead to privilege escalation, execution of malicious scripts, bypass of extension security controls, and data confidentiality breaches.

Recommendation

Update XWiki Platform to one of the fixed versions (16.10.17, 17.4.10, 17.10.4, or 18.1.0-rc-1) and review page permissions.

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Original NVD description (English source)

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. From 13.4-rc-1 until 16.10.17, 17.4.10, 17.10.4, and 18.1.0-rc-1, the Live Data edit REST API allows a user who can edit a page to change that page's rights without executing the normal document-saving authorization checks. The user can grant script right and then execute potentially dangerous Velocity scripts or send unfiltered HTML and JavaScript to clients. The same missing checks can circumvent extension security controls implemented as listeners for UserUpdatingDocumentEvent and related user document events. This issue is fixed in versions 16.10.17, 17.4.10, 17.10.4, and 18.1.0-rc-1.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS