CVE-2022-36097 — XWiki Platform Attachment UI provides a macro to easily upload and select attach

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 anyon

01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
xwiki	xwiki	platform — >= 14.0-rc-1, < 14.4-rc-1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-09-08T20:35:11.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-22T17:22:54.187Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-9r9j-57rf-f6vj
• github.com — https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/fbc4bfbae4f6ce8109addb281de86a03a…
• jira.xwiki.org — https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19667
• raw.githubusercontent.com — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/xwiki-platform-14.0-rc-1/…