# CVE-2022-41937: Missing Authorization in XWiki Platform

- Also known as: GHSA-Q6JP-GCWW-8V2J
- Severity: CVSS 9.6 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 13.10.8, 14.4.3, 14.6-rc-1
- Published: 2022-11-22 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: fixed in 13.10.8; from 14.0.0, fixed in 14.4.3; from 14.5.0, fixed in 14.6-rc-1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-filter-ui (Maven): fixed in 13.10.8
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-filter-ui (Maven): from 14.0.0, fixed in 14.4.3
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-filter-ui (Maven): from 14.5.0, fixed in 14.6-rc-1

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. The application allows anyone with view access to modify any page of the wiki by importing a crafted XAR package. The problem has been patched in XWiki 14.6RC1, 14.6 and 13.10.8. As a workaround, setting the right of the page Filter.WebHome and making sure only the main wiki administrators can view the application installed on main wiki or edit the page and apply the changed described in commit fb49b4f.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-filter-ui, upgrade to a fixed version (13.10.8, 14.4.3, 14.6-rc-1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q6jp-gcww-8v2j
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fb49b4f289ee28e45cfada8e97e320cd3ed27113
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19758

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