CVE-2022-29252 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2022-29252

Cross-site Scripting in XWiki Platform Wiki UI Main Wiki

7.4 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

XWiki Platform Wiki UI Main Wiki is a package for managing subwikis. Starting with version 5.3-milestone-2, XWiki Platform Wiki UI Main Wiki contains a possible cross-site scripting vector in the `WikiManager.JoinWiki ` wiki page related to the "requestJoin" field. The issue is patched in versions 12.10.11, 14.0-rc-1, 13.4.7, and 13.10.3. The easiest available workaround is to edit the wiki page `WikiManager.JoinWiki` (with wiki editor) according to the suggestion provided in the GitHub Security Advisory.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

xwiki

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Affected Software

xwiki-platform

Vulnerable Versions:

>= 5.3-milestone-2, < 12.10.11, >= 13.0, < 13.4.7, >= 13.5, < 13.10.3

Timeline

Official Publish: May 25th, 2022

Last Modified: April 23rd, 2025

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1552 Unsecured Credentials

Credential Access

T1071 Application Layer Protocol

Command and Control

T1565 Data Manipulation

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation