# CVE-2022-23654: Improper write access check in Requarks/wiki

> Authenticated users can modify pages outside their permitted paths by manipulating page IDs, bypassing access controls in Wiki.js.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 22 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3cv9-795v-6j7j

## What is CVE-2022-23654?

CVE-2022-23654 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Requarks wiki, published on 22 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Wiki.js is a wiki app built on Node.js. In affected versions an authenticated user with write access on a restricted set of paths can update a page outside the allowed paths by specifying a different target page ID while keeping the path intact. The access control incorrectly check the path access against the user-provided values instead of the actual path associated to the page ID. Commit https://github.com/Requarks/wiki/commit/411802ec2f654bb5ed1126c307575b81e2361c6b fixes this vulnerability by checking access control on the path associated with the page ID instead of the user-provided value. When the path is different than the current value, a second access control check is then performed on the user-provided path before the move operation.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23654?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Requarks Wiki.js.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23654?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23654 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-23654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23654 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-2022-23654 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23654 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Requarks wiki, published on 22 Feb 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-2022-23654 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-2022-23654/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23654/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23654
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23654
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23654

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23654/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.