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CVE-2022-23621

MEDIUM
Published 2022-02-09T21:25:11.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.296
Higher than 29.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
HIGH

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 read any file located in the XWiki WAR (for example xwiki.cfg and xwiki.properties) through XWiki#invokeServletAndReturnAsString as `$xwiki.invokeServletAndReturnAsString("/WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg")`. This issue has been patched in XWiki versions 12.10.9, 13.4.3 and 13.7-rc-1. Users are advised to update. The only workaround is to limit SCRIPT right.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

xwiki

xwiki-platform

Affected Versions:

>= 13.6.0, < 13.7-rc-1 >= 13.0.0, < 13.4.3 < 12.10.9

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

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Missing authorization in xwiki-platform

GHSA-2jhm-qp48-hv5j

Advisory Details

### Impact Any user with SCRIPT right (EDIT right before XWiki 7.4) can read any file located in the XWiki WAR (for example xwiki.cfg and xwiki.properties) through XWiki#invokeServletAndReturnAsString: ``` $xwiki.invokeServletAndReturnAsString("/WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg") ``` ### Patches It has been patched in XWiki versions 12.10.9, 13.4.3 and 13.7-rc-1. ### Workarounds The only workaround is to give SCRIPT right only to trusted users. ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18870 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira XWiki](https://jira.xwiki.org) * Email us at [our security mailing list](mailto:[email protected])

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
ECOSYSTEM: ≥13.6-rc-1 <13.7-rc-1
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
ECOSYSTEM: ≥13.0.0 <13.4.3
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <12.10.9

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

WEB https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-2jhm-qp48-hv5j
ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23621
WEB https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/df8bd49b5a4d87a427002c6535fb5b1746ff117a
PACKAGE https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
WEB https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18870

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 9, 2022, Modified: February 9, 2022

References

https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-2jhm-qp48-hv5j
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/df8bd49b5a4d87a427002c6535fb5b1746ff117a
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18870
Published: 2022-02-09T21:25:11.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-23T19:05:51.941Z
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