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CVE-2022-41936: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor in xwiki-platform-rest-server

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-11-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-359

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The `modifications` rest endpoint does not filter out entries according to the user's rights. Therefore, information hidden from unauthorized users are exposed though the `modifications` rest endpoint (comments and page names etc). Users should upgrade to XWiki 14.6+, 14.4.3+, or 13.10.8+. Older versions have not been patched. There are no known workarounds.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 8.1 before 13.10.8; from 14.0 before 14.4.3; from 14.5 before 14.6 — fixed in 13.10.8, 14.4.3, 14.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 13.10.8, 14.4.3, 14.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/38dc1aa1a4435f24d58f5b8e4566cbcb0971f8ff
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p88w-fhxw-xvcc
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19997
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/38dc1aa1a4435f24d58f5b8e4566cbcb0971f8ff
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-p88w-fhxw-xvcc
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19997

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