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CVE-2022-23620

Path traversal in xwiki-platform-skin-skinx

6.8 MediumFix available

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions AbstractSxExportURLFactoryActionHandler#processSx does not escape anything from SSX document references when serializing it on filesystem, it is possible to for the HTML export process to contain reference elements containing filesystem syntax like "../", "./". or "/" in general. The referenced elements are not properly escaped. This issue has been resolved in version 13.6-rc-1. This issue can be worked around by limiting or disabling document export.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.96%Up 0.1 points since Feb 10, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.8

Path traversal in xwiki-platform-skin-skinx

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions AbstractSxExportURLFactoryActionHandler#processSx does not escape anything from SSX document references when serializing it on filesystem, it is possible to for the HTML export process to contain reference elements containing filesystem syntax like "../", "./". or "/" in general. The referenced elements are not properly escaped. This issue has been resolved in version 13.6-rc-1. This issue can be worked around by limiting or disabling document export.

Record
CVE-2022-23620
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0891 6.8

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions AbstractSxExportURLFactoryActionHandler#processSx does not escape anything from SSX document references when serializing it on filesystem, it is possible to for the HTML export process to contain reference elements containing filesystem syntax like "../", "./". or "/" in general. The referenced elements are not properly escaped. This issue has been resolved in version 13.6-rc-1. This issue can be worked around by limiting or disabling document export.

Record
EUVD-2022-0891
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7ph6-5cmq-xgjq 6.8

Path traversal in xwiki-platform-skin-skinx

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. AbstractSxExportURLFactoryActionHandler#processSx does not escape anything from SSX document reference when serializing it on filesystem, so it's easy to mess up the HTML export process with reference elements containing filesystem syntax like "../", "./". or "/" in general (the last two not causing any security threat, but can cause conflicts with others serialized files). Patch can be found in 13.6-rc-1. Giving script or subwiki admin right only to trusted people and disabling HTML/PDF export can be done as workaround.

Record
GHSA-7ph6-5cmq-xgjq
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-22, CWE-116
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.8

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions AbstractSxExportURLFactoryActionHandler#processSx does not escape anything from SSX document references when serializing it on filesystem, it is possible to for the HTML export process to contain reference elements containing filesystem syntax like "../", "./". or "/" in general. The referenced elements are not properly escaped. This issue has been resolved in version 13.6-rc-1. This issue can be worked around by limiting or disabling document export.

Record
CVE-2022-23620
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22, CWE-116
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.8

Path traversal in xwiki-platform-skin-skinx

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In affected versions AbstractSxExportURLFactoryActionHandler#processSx does not escape anything from SSX document references when serializing it on filesystem, it is possible to for the HTML export process to contain reference elements containing filesystem syntax like "../", "./". or "/" in general. The referenced elements are not properly escaped. This issue has been resolved in version 13.6-rc-1. This issue can be worked around by limiting or disabling document export.

Record
CVE-2022-23620
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-7ph6-5cmq-xgjq 6.8

Path traversal in xwiki-platform-skin-skinx

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. AbstractSxExportURLFactoryActionHandler#processSx does not escape anything from SSX document reference when serializing it on filesystem, so it's easy to mess up the HTML export process with reference elements containing filesystem syntax like "../", "./". or "/" in general (the last two not causing any security threat, but can cause conflicts with others serialized files). Patch can be found in 13.6-rc-1. Giving script or subwiki admin right only to trusted people and disabling HTML/PDF export can be done as workaround.

Record
GHSA-7ph6-5cmq-xgjq
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-116, CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-skin-skinx
Maven
6.2-rc-1 up to 13.6
13.6

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-23620 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Xwiki, published February 9, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.96%, the 61st percentile. Fixed in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-skin-skinx 13.6.

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