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CVE-2022-36091 XWiki

Affected softwareXWiki
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in13.10.4
WeaknessMissing authorization (CWE-862)
Published8 Sep 2022
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

XWiki Platform Web Templates are templates for XWiki Platform, a generic wiki platform. Through the suggestion feature, string and list properties of objects the user shouldn't have access to can be accessed in versions prior to 13.10.4 and 14.2. This includes private personal information like email addresses and salted password hashes of registered users but also other information stored in properties of objects. Sensitive configuration fields like passwords for LDAP or SMTP servers could be accessed. By exploiting an additional vulnerability, this issue can even be exploited on private wikis at least for string properties. The issue is patched in version 13.10.4 and 14.2. Password properties are no longer displayed and rights are checked for other properties. A workaround is available. The template file suggest.vm can be replaced by a patched version without upgrading or restarting XWiki unless it has been overridden, in which case the overridden template should be patched, too. This might need adjustments for older versions, though.

CWE-359

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 4 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.85% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.
Candidate fix https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-599v-w48h-rjrm : the maintainers' own security advisory: names the version that fixes it, so the fix is the difference between two releases

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N security-advisories@github.com Secondary published
CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates 1.3 13.10.4 unbounded
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web 14.0 14.2 unbounded

Products and versions

3 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv org.xwiki.platform xwiki-platform-web generic ≥ 14.0 and < 14.2
osv org.xwiki.platform xwiki-platform-web-templates generic ≥ 1.3 and < 13.10.4
nvd xwiki xwiki generic ≥ 1.3 and < 13.10.4 · ≥ 14.0 and < 14.2

References

URLTags
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-599v-w48h-rjrm advisory
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform PACKAGE
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18849 WEB

Timeline

Published2022-09-08By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.