CVE-2022-36096 HIGH

CVE-2022-36096: XWiki Platform vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in the deleted attachments list

Vendor Xwiki
Product xwiki-platform
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published September 8, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025

CVSS base score

8.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The XWiki Platform Index UI is an Index of all pages, attachments, orphans and deleted pages and attachments for XWiki Platform, a generic wiki platform. Prior to versions 13.10.6 and 14.3, it's possible to store JavaScript which will be executed by anyone viewing the deleted attachments index with an attachment containing javascript in its name. This issue has been patched in XWiki 13.10.6 and 14.3. As a workaround, modify fix the vulnerability by editing the wiki page `XWiki.DeletedAttachments` with the object editor, open the `JavaScriptExtension` object and apply on the content the changes that can be found on the fix commit.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 8, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated

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