CVE-2022-36100 XWiki Platform Applications Tag and XWiki Platform Tag UI vulnerable to Eval Injection
Attackers can execute arbitrary code and bypass security controls in XWiki due to improper input sanitization in tag applications, affecting public or authenticated users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-36100?
CVE-2022-36100 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 8 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
XWiki Platform Applications Tag and XWiki Platform Tag UI are tag applications for XWiki, a generic wiki platform. Starting with version 1.7 in XWiki Platform Applications Tag and prior to 13.10.6 and 14.4 in XWiki Platform Tag UI, the tags document `Main.Tags` in XWiki didn't sanitize user inputs properly. This allowed users with view rights on the document (default in a public wiki or for authenticated users on private wikis) to execute arbitrary Groovy, Python and Velocity code with programming rights. This also allowed bypassing all rights checks and thus both modification and disclosure of all content stored in the XWiki installation. The vulnerability could be used to impact the availability of the wiki. On XWiki versions before 13.10.4 and 14.2, this can be combined with CVE-2022-36092, meaning that no rights are required to perform the attack. The vulnerability has been patched in versions 13.10.6 and 14.4. As a workaround, the patch that fixes the issue can be manually applied to the document `Main.Tags` or the updated version of that document can be imported from version 14.4 of xwiki-platform-tag-ui using the import feature in the administration UI on XWiki 10.9 and later.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36100?
6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tag-ui and org.xwiki.platform.applications:xwiki-application-tag. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tag-ui Maven | All versions | 13.10.6 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tag-ui Maven | All versions | 13.10.6 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tag-ui Maven | From 14.0 | 14.4 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tag-ui Maven | From 14.0 | 14.4 |
org.xwiki.platform.applications:xwiki-application-tag Maven | From 1.7 | None |
org.xwiki.platform.applications:xwiki-application-tag Maven | From 1.7 | None |
Products include Xwiki Xwiki.
How do I fix CVE-2022-36100?
Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tag-ui to a fixed version for your release line: 13.10.6 or 14.4.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2022-36100 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-36100 exists.
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-2g5c-228j-p52x.