GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-45ph-gxxr-gwgw XWiki Platform Live Data Live Table Connector has privilege escalation from edit to script right through Live Data editing

HIGH Published 2026-08-19 Modified 2026-08-19 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-53966
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-862
Reviewed
2026-08-19

Affected packages

• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable: >= 13.4-rc-1, < 16.10.17 → fixed in 16.10.17 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable: >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.10 → fixed in 17.4.10 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable: >= 17.5.0-rc-1, < 17.10.4 → fixed in 17.10.4 • Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-livedata-livetable: >= 18.0.0-rc-1, < 18.1.0-rc-1 → fixed in 18.1.0-rc-1

Description

Impact Any user who can edit a page in XWiki can use Live Data's edit REST API in XWiki to change the rights on that page. This allows the user to obtain script right on the page. Script right allows the user to execute potentially dangerous Velocity scripts and send unfiltered HTML and JavaScript to the client. If there are other security checks, e.g., in extensions, implemented as listeners to `UserUpdatingDocumentEvent` and similar `User…` events, these checks can be circumvented, too. Patches This vulnerability has been patched by properly calling all checks in Live Data in XWiki 16.10.17, 17.4.10, 17.10.4 and 18.1.0. Workarounds We're not aware of any workarounds apart from upgrading.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-53966 XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness

References