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CVE-2022-41937: Missing Authorization in XWiki Platform

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 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-862

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The application allows anyone with view access to modify any page of the wiki by importing a crafted XAR package. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.6RC1, 14.6 and 13.10.8. As a workaround, setting the right of the page Filter.WebHome and making sure only the main wiki administrators can view the application installed on main wiki or edit the page and apply the changed described in commit fb49b4f.

Affected products

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

How to fix

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

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fb49b4f289ee28e45cfada8e97e320cd3ed27113
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q6jp-gcww-8v2j
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19758
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fb49b4f289ee28e45cfada8e97e320cd3ed27113
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q6jp-gcww-8v2j
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19758

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