{"cve":"CVE-2023-36471","nvd":{"published":"2023-06-29T20:15:10.003","modified":"2026-06-17T06:06:20.117","status":"Modified","description":"Xwiki commons is the common modules used by other XWiki top level projects. The HTML sanitizer that is included in XWiki since version 14.6RC1 allowed form and input HTML tags. In the context of XWiki, this allows an attacker without script right to either create forms that can be used for phishing attacks or also in the context of a sheet, the attacker could add an input like `{{html}}<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"content\" value=\"{{groovy}}println(&quot;Hello from Groovy!&quot;)\" />{{/html}}` that would allow remote code execution when it is submitted by an admin (the sheet is rendered as part of the edit form). The attacker would need to ensure that the edit form looks plausible, though, which can be non-trivial as without script right the attacker cannot display the regular content of the document. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.6 and 15.2RC1 by removing the central form-related tags from the list of allowed tags. Users are advised to upgrade. As a workaround an admin can manually disallow the tags by adding `form, input, select, textarea, button` to the configuration option `xml.htmlElementSanitizer.forbidTags` in the `xwiki.properties` configuration file.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":5.4},"cwes":["CWE-79","CWE-74"],"references":["https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/99484d48e899a68a1b6e33d457825b776c6fe8c3","https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-6pqf-c99p-758v","https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2634","https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/99484d48e899a68a1b6e33d457825b776c6fe8c3","https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-6pqf-c99p-758v"],"products":["xwiki:commons"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:30.124994567+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-36471","score":0.01029,"percentile":0.63707,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-6pqf-c99p-758v","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6pqf-c99p-758v","summary":"org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml's HTML sanitizer allows form elements in restricted","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:02.190558073Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml","purl":"pkg:maven/org.xwiki.commons/xwiki-commons-xml","ranges":[">=14.6-rc-1 <14.10.6"],"fixed":["14.10.6"]},{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml","purl":"pkg:maven/org.xwiki.commons/xwiki-commons-xml","ranges":[">=15.0-rc-1 <15.2-rc-1"],"fixed":["15.2-rc-1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}