# CVE-2022-24813: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in CreateWiki

> Attackers can bypass authentication to post anonymous comments on wiki requests by sending direct POST requests to the CreateWiki extension.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9xvw-w66v-prvg

## What is CVE-2022-24813?

CVE-2022-24813 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in miraheze CreateWiki, published on 4 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CreateWiki is Miraheze's MediaWiki extension for requesting & creating wikis. Without the patch for this issue, anonymous comments can be made using Special:RequestWikiQueue when sent directly via POST. A patch for this issue is available in the `master` branch of CreateWiki's GitHub repository.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24813?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Miraheze Createwiki.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-24813?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24813 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-24813 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24813 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in miraheze CreateWiki

- [CVE-2024-47781](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47781/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Special:RequestWikiQueue when displaying sitename in CreateWiki (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-29898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29898/): Oversight in fix for GHSA-4rcf-3cj2-46mq may have exposed suppressed wiki requests on private wikis (medium 4.9)
- [CVE-2024-29883](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29883/): CreateWiki's wiki request suppression ignores the suppression settings set by the suppressor (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-24813 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-24813 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in miraheze CreateWiki, published on 4 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24813 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: miraheze CreateWiki. 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-2022-24813/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24813/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24813
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24813
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24813

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24813/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.