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SCA: security update for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-notification-activitymacro (GHSA-9pc2-x9qf-7j2q)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413391

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - XWiki Commons are technical libraries common to several other top level XWiki projects. Any user with view
 rights on commonly accessible documents including the legacy notification activity macro can execute
 arbitrary Groovy, Python or Velocity code in XWiki leading to full access to the XWiki installation. The
 root cause is improper escaping of the macro parameters of the legacy notification activity macro. This
 macro is installed by default in XWiki. The vulnerability can be exploited via every wiki page that is
 editable including the user's profile, but also with just view rights using the HTMLConverter that is part
 of the CKEditor integration which is bundled with XWiki. The vulnerability has been patched in XWiki
 13.10.11, 14.4.7 and 14.10. (CVE-2023-29209)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pc2-x9qf-7j2q

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413391

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29209

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29209