01 Record
CVE-2026-53966
XWiki Platform: Privilege escalation from edit to script right through Live Data editing
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.1 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
XWiki Platform: Privilege escalation from edit to script right through Live Data editing
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 55.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-30.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-09-15 14:38Z1 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-15 18:03Z1 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-11
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA 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-862Missing AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 7c274c73b13727205d272d780ad1e7a19fbe9f98f18c17ed7afa487bc190ab0c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
xwikixwiki-platform>= 13.4-rc-1, < 16.10.17, >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.10, >= 17.5.0-rc-1, < 17.10.4, >= 18.0.0-rc-1, < 18.1.0-rc-1—
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-45ph-gxxr-gwgw
- github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/1ddb954767e50782be960b953b012c1242f6843b
- github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/448b0f074cc6711410eb2647c4740454c92d1626
- github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/778b82b4806ce7ebddb775f953545ff73b841f8b
- github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fbad7dac8f46c560577e41b9259cbbbbd343e6fc
- github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-16.10.17
- github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-17.10.4
- github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-17.4.10
- github.comhttps://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-18.1.0-rc-1
- jira.xwiki.orghttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23986