CVE-2022-23618 Open Redirect in xwiki-platform
Attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via unvalidated URL parameters, potentially facilitating phishing attacks against XWiki users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-23618?
CVE-2022-23618 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 9 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions there is no protection against URL redirection to untrusted sites, in particular some well known parameters (xredirect) can be used to perform url redirections. This problem has been patched in XWiki 12.10.7 and XWiki 13.3RC1. Users are advised to update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Weakness: CWE-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23618?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | All versions | 12.10.7 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | All versions | 12.10.7 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 13.0.0 | 13.3RC1 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 13.0.0 | 13.3RC1 |
Products include Xwiki Xwiki.
How do I fix CVE-2022-23618?
Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to a fixed version for your release line: 12.10.7 or 13.3RC1.
Is CVE-2022-23618 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23618 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Xwiki Xwiki
- CVE-2025-24893 XWiki Platform Eval Injection
- CVE-2025-53836 XWiki Rendering is vulnerable to RCE attacks when processing nested macros
- CVE-2024-55662 XWiki allows remote code execution through the extension sheet
- CVE-2024-55877 XWiki allows remote code execution from account through macro descriptions and XWiki.XWikiSyntaxMacrosList
- CVE-2024-37901 XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution from account via SearchSuggestConfigSheet
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jp55-vvmf-63mv.