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CVE-2022-23615: Partial authorization bypass on document save in xwiki-platform

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions any user with SCRIPT right can save a document with the right of the current user which allow accessing API requiring programming right if the current user has programming right. This has been patched in XWiki 13.0. Users are advised to update to resolve this issue. The only known workaround is to limit SCRIPT access.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 1.0 before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 13.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/7ab0fe7b96809c7a3881454147598d46a1c9bbbe
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f4cj-3q3h-884r
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5024
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/7ab0fe7b96809c7a3881454147598d46a1c9bbbe
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f4cj-3q3h-884r
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5024

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