# CVE-2022-1681: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in requarks/wiki

> Attackers can bypass authentication via alternate paths to gain root privileges in Wiki.js, requiring an upgrade to secure the application.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 May 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mrfc-q2c7-f9ww

## What is CVE-2022-1681?

CVE-2022-1681 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in requarks/wiki, published on 12 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitHub repository requarks/wiki prior to 2.5.281. User can get root user permissions

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1681?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Requarks Wiki.js.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1681?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1681 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1681 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1681 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in requarks/wiki

- [CVE-2025-56643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56643/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-44224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44224/): Wiki.js: Privilege Escalation via Missing Group Validation in users.update (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2020-15236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15236/): Directory Traversal in Wiki.js (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2021-43855](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43855/): Stored XSS via SVG in Requarks/wiki (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2021-43856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43856/): Stored XSS in non-image uploads in Requarks/wiki (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1681 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1681 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in requarks/wiki, published on 12 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1681 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: requarks/wiki. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1681/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1681/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1681
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1681
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1681

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1681/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.