CVE-2022-36090

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Improper Authorization check for inactive users

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 8, 2022 at 02:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXwiki

Using xwiki-platform by xwiki?

Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect xwiki-platform - before attackers find them.

Real-time alertsTrack your software stackFree plan available
Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

XWiki Platform Old Core is a core package for XWiki Platform, a generic wiki platform. Prior to versions 13.1.0.5 and 14.3-rc-1, some resources are missing a check for inactive (not yet activated or disabled) users in XWiki, including the REST service. This means a disabled user can enable themselves using a REST call. On the same way some resources handler created by extensions are not protected by default, so an inactive user could perform actions for such extensions. This issue has existed since at least version 1.1 of XWiki for instance configured with the email activation required for new users. Now it's more critical for versions 11.3-rc-1 and later since the maintainers provided the capability to disable user without deleting them and encouraged using that feature. XWiki 14.3-rc-1 and XWiki 13.10.5 contain a patch. There is no workaround for this other than upgrading XWiki.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 13.10.5v < 14.3-RC-11.1 ≤ v < 13.10.5
Affected range stops below 13.10.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.3-RC-1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.1HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-285NVD-CWE-Other

Get alerted

Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack

Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.

Free plan, no card