# CVE-2022-23473: Tuleap MediaWiki standalone "readers" can also edit pages

> Users with read-only permissions can edit MediaWiki pages due to improper authorization checks in the Tuleap standalone plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025

## What is CVE-2022-23473?

CVE-2022-23473 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Enalean Tuleap, published on 13 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Tuleap is an Open Source Suite to improve management of software developments and collaboration. In versions prior to 14.2.99.148, Authorizations are not properly verified when accessing MediaWiki standalone resources. Users with read only permissions for pages are able to also edit them. This only affects the MediaWiki standalone plugin. This issue is patched in versions Tuleap Community Edition 14.2.99.148, Tuleap Enterprise Edition 14.2-5, and Tuleap Enterprise Edition 14.1-6.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23473?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Enalean Tuleap.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23473?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23473 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-23473 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23473 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Enalean Tuleap

- [CVE-2018-17298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17298/): Business logic in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-7538](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7538/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-7178](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7178/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2021-43806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43806/): SQL injection in Tuleap (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-41154](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41154/): SQL injection in the "SVN core" commits browser (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23473 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23473 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Enalean Tuleap, published on 13 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23473 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Enalean Tuleap. 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-2022-23473/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23473/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23473
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23473
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23473

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23473/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.