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CVE-2024-31996 Details

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 3.0.1 and prior to versions 4.10.19, 15.5.4, and 15.10-rc-1, the HTML escaping of escaping tool that is used in XWiki doesn't escape `{`, which, when used in certain places, allows XWiki syntax injection and thereby remote code execution. The vulnerability has been fixed in XWiki 14.10.19, 15.5.5, and 15.9 RC1. Apart from upgrading, there is no generic workaround. However, replacing `$escapetool.html` by `$escapetool.xml` in XWiki documents fixes the vulnerability. In a standard XWiki installation, the maintainers are only aware of the document `Panels.PanelLayoutUpdate` that exposes this vulnerability, patching this document is thus a workaround. Any extension could expose this vulnerability and might thus require patching, too.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:10 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/b0805160ec7b01ee12417e79cb384e60ae4817aa	CVE	Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/b94142e2a66ec32e89eacab67c3da8d91f5ef93a	CVE	Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/ed7ff515a2436a1c6dcbd0c6ca0c41e434d58915	CVE	Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-hf43-47q4-fhq5	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2828	CVE	ExploitVendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21438	CVE	ExploitVendor Advisory
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/b0805160ec7b01ee12417e79cb384e60ae4817aa	[email protected]	Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/b94142e2a66ec32e89eacab67c3da8d91f5ef93a	[email protected]	Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/ed7ff515a2436a1c6dcbd0c6ca0c41e434d58915	[email protected]	Patch
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-hf43-47q4-fhq5	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2828	[email protected]	ExploitVendor Advisory
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21438	[email protected]	ExploitVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')	[email protected]
CWE-95	Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
xwiki xwiki	>= 3.0.1, < 14.10.19 >= 15.0, < 15.5.4 >= 15.6, < 15.9
CPE cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jan 9, 2025	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 10, 2024	New CVE Received	[email protected]