CVE-2022-23619 Information exposure in xwiki-platform

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can determine if a user account exists via the password recovery form, even on closed wikis, exposing user presence information.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-23619?

CVE-2022-23619 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 9 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions it's possible to guess if a user has an account on the wiki by using the "Forgot your password" form, even if the wiki is closed to guest users. This problem has been patched on XWiki 12.10.9, 13.4.1 and 13.6RC1. Users are advised yo update. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Weakness: CWE-640, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23619?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web MavenAll versions12.10.9
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web MavenAll versions12.10.9
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web MavenFrom 13.0.013.4.1
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web MavenFrom 13.0.013.4.1
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web MavenFrom 13.5RC113.6RC1
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web MavenFrom 13.5RC113.6RC1

Products include Xwiki Xwiki.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23619?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web to a fixed version for your release line: 12.10.9, 13.4.1 or 13.6RC1.

Is CVE-2022-23619 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23619 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Xwiki Xwiki vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-35fg-hjcr-j65f.

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