# CVE-2022-36097: XWiki Platform Attachment UI vulnerable to cross-site scripting in the move attachment form

- Also known as: GHSA-9R9J-57RF-F6VJ
- Severity: CVSS 8.9 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 14.4-rc-1
- Published: 2022-09-08 · Updated: 2025-04-22

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 14.0-rc-1, fixed in 14.4-rc-1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-attachment-ui (Maven): from 14.0-rc-1, fixed in 14.4-rc-1

## Description

XWiki Platform Attachment UI provides a macro to easily upload and select attachments for XWiki Platform, a generic wiki platform. Starting with version 14.0-rc-1 and prior to 14.4-rc-1, it's possible to store JavaScript in an attachment name, which will be executed by anyone trying to move the corresponding attachment. This issue has been patched in XWiki 14.4-rc-1. As a workaround, one may copy `moveStep1.vm` to `webapp/xwiki/templates/moveStep1.vm` and replace vulnerable code with code from the patch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-attachment-ui, upgrade to a fixed version (14.4-rc-1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-9r9j-57rf-f6vj
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fbc4bfbae4f6ce8109addb281de86a03acdb9277
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19667
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/xwiki-platform-14.0-rc-1/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-attachment/xwiki-platform-attachment-api/src/main/resources/templates/attachment/moveStep1.vm

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