CVE-2024-31982: XWiki Platform: Remote code execution as guest via DatabaseSearch
Impact XWiki's database search allows remote code execution through the search text. This allows remote code execution for any visitor of a public wiki or user of a closed wiki as the database search is by default accessible for all users. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation.
Published Apr 10, 2024 · Updated Sep 26, 2025
Affected packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Affected
- >= 2.4-milestone-1, < 14.10.20
- Fixed in
- 14.10.20
- Check
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Affected
- >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.5.4
- Fixed in
- 15.5.4
- Check
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Affected
- >= 15.6-rc-1, < 15.10-rc-1
- Fixed in
- 15.10-rc-1
- Check
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-ui
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
Impact
XWiki's database search allows remote code execution through the search text. This allows remote code execution for any visitor of a public wiki or user of a closed wiki as the database search is by default accessible for all users. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation.
To reproduce on an instance, without being logged in, go to <hostname>/xwiki/bin/get/Main/DatabaseSearch?outputSyntax=plain&text=%7D%7D%7D%7B%7Basync%20async%3Dfalse%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28%22Hello%20from%22%20%2B%20%22%20search%20text%3A%22%20%2B%20%2823%20%2B%2019%29%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D%20. If the title of the RSS channel contains Hello from search text:42, the instance is vulnerable.
Patches
This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.20, 15.5.4 and 15.10RC1.
Workarounds
It is possible to manually apply this patch to the page Main.DatabaseSearch. Alternatively, unless database search is explicitly used by users, this page can be deleted as this is not the default search interface of XWiki.
References
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21472
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/95bdd6cc6298acdf7f8f21298d40eeb8390a8565
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-2858-8cfx-69m9
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/3c9e4bb04286de94ad24854026a09fa967538e31
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/459e968be8740c8abc2a168196ce21e5ba93cfb8
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/95bdd6cc6298acdf7f8f21298d40eeb8390a8565
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-21472
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31982
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/xwiki-rce-cve-2024-31982
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-31982-detect-xwiki-vulnerability
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-31982-xwiki-mitigation-vulnerability
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2858-8cfx-69m9
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