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CVE-2022-41932: Creation of new database tables through login form on PostgreSQL

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-11-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. It's possible to make XWiki create many new schemas and fill them with tables just by using a crafted user identifier in the login form. This may lead to degraded database performance. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.8, 14.6RC1 and 14.4.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: before 13.10.8; from 14.0.0 before 14.4.2; from 14.5.0 before 14.6; 14.4.3, 14.4.4 — fixed in 13.10.8, 14.4.2, 14.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 13.10.8, 14.4.2, 14.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4x5r-6v26-7j4v
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19886
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-4x5r-6v26-7j4v
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19886

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