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CVE-2022-36095: XWiki Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) for actions on tags

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Prior to versions 13.10.5 and 14.3, it is possible to perform a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack for adding or removing tags on XWiki pages. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.5 and 14.3. As a workaround, one may locally modify the `documentTags.vm` template in one's filesystem, to apply the changes exposed there.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 2.3 before 13.10.6; from 14.0 before 14.3; 2.0-milestone2 — fixed in 13.10.6, 14.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 13.10.6, 14.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/7ca56e40cf79a468cea54d3480b6b403f259f9ae
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fxwr-4vq9-9vhj
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19550
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/7ca56e40cf79a468cea54d3480b6b403f259f9ae
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fxwr-4vq9-9vhj
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19550

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