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GHSA-vh5c-jqfg-mhrh

GitHub Security Advisory

Cross-Site Request Forgery in xwiki-platform

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
It's possible to know if a user has or not an account in a wiki related to an email address, and which username(s) is actually tight to that email by forging a request to the Forgot username page. Note that since this page does not have a CSRF check it's quite easy to perform a lot of those requests.

### Patches
This issue has been patched in XWiki 12.10.5 and 13.2RC1. Two different patches are provided:
- a first one to fix the CSRF problem
- a more complex one that now relies on sending an email for the Forgot username process.

### Workarounds
It's possible to fix the problem without uprading by editing the ForgotUsername page in version below 13.x, to use the following code: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/blob/69548c0320cbd772540cf4668743e69f879812cf/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-administration/xwiki-platform-administration-ui/src/main/resources/XWiki/ForgotUsername.xml#L39-L123

In version after 13.x it's also possible to edit manually the forgotusername.vm file, but it's really encouraged to upgrade the version here.

### References
* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18384
* https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18408

### 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 [security ML](mailto:[email protected])

Affected Packages

Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 12.10.5)
Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui
Affected versions: 13.0 (fixed in 13.2RC1)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-vh5c-jqfg-mhrh
Published
February 10, 2022 10:42 PM
Last Modified
February 11, 2022 9:08 PM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Maven
Primary Package
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-administration-ui
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: September 23, 2025 6:31 AM

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