CVE-2022-23620
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.
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
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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV: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 Medium
CVSS: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 Medium
CVSS: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-skin-skinxMaven |
6.2-rc-1 up to 13.6 | 13.6 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE 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.
References
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7ph6-5cmq-xgjq
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ab778254fb8f71c774e1c1239368c44fe3b6bba5
jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18819
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23620
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7ph6-5cmq-xgjq
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23620.json
github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform