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
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- 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