# CVE-2022-36098: XWiki Platform Mentions UI vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

- Also known as: GHSA-C5V8-2Q4R-5W9V
- 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: 13.10.6, 14.4
- Published: 2022-09-08 · Updated: 2025-04-22

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 12.5-rc-1, fixed in 13.10.6; from 14.0, fixed in 14.4
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-mentions-ui (Maven): from 12.5-rc-1, fixed in 13.10.6
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-mentions-ui (Maven): from 14.0, fixed in 14.4

## Description

XWiki Platform Mentions UI is a user interface for mentioning users in wiki content for XWiki Platform, a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 12.5-rc-1 and prior to versions 13.10.6 and 14.4, it's possible to store Javascript or groovy scripts in a mention, macro anchor, or reference field. The stored code is executed by anyone visiting the page with the mention. This issue has been patched on XWiki 14.4 and 13.10.6. As a workaround, one may update `XWiki.Mentions.MentionsMacro` and edit the `Macro code` field of the `XWiki.WikiMacroClass` XObject.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-mentions-ui, upgrade to a fixed version (13.10.6, 14.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-c5v8-2q4r-5w9v
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4032dc896857597efd169966dc9e2752a9fdd459#diff-4fe22885f772e47d3561a05348f73921669ec12d4413b220383b73c7ae484bc4R608-R610
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/4f290d87a8355e967378a1ed6aee23a06ba162eb
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19752

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