# CVE-2023-29525: XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation from view right on XWiki.Notifications.Code.LegacyNotificationAdministration

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-29525-xwiki-platform-vulnerable-to-privilege-escalation-from-view-right  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2023-04-20  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2023-29525 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2023-04-20

XWiki Platform vulnerable to privilege escalation from view right on XWiki.Notifications.Code.LegacyNotificationAdministration

Technologies: [org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-xwiki-platform-xwiki-platform-distribution-war). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2023-29525 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-29525 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2023-29525?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 20 April 2023.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=12.6.1,fixed=13.10.11; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=14.6-rc-1,fixed=14.10.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2023-29525?** Yes. org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war (Maven): upgrade to 13.10.11 or later; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui (Maven): upgrade to 14.10.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2023-29525?** Check whether you run org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war (Maven) or org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war (Maven): upgrade to 13.10.11 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war to 13.10.11 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```

- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui (Maven): upgrade to 14.10.3 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui to 14.10.3 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=12.6.1,fixed=13.10.11
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-events-hibernate-ui (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=14.6-rc-1,fixed=14.10.3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2023-29525
- GHSA-jgg7-w2rj-58cj

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