CVE-2023-40176 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting XWiki Platform versions 4.1M2 through 14.10.4. A registered user can inject malicious JavaScript into their user profile's time zone preference, which is then executed for any user viewing the compromised profile. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows for information theft and potential privilege escalation, though it requires user interaction (UI:R) and a low privilege level (PR:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.1.1, < 14.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:4.1:milestone2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:15.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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