Summary
Unauthenticated user can list hidden document from multiple velocity templates in XWiki
Workarounds
There is no known workaround for this problem.
References
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-16544
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira XWiki
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Impact
A guest user without the right to view pages of the wiki can still list documents by rendering some velocity documents.
A critical operation is accessible without requiring any authentication. Typical impact: any user can invoke the privileged function.
CVE-2022-24820 has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium). The vector is network-reachable, no privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. A fixed version is available (12.10.11, 13.4.4, 13.9); upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter. Kodem's runtime-powered SCA identifies whether this CVE is reachable in your applications.
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The problem has been patched in XWiki versions 12.10.11, 13.4.4, and 13.9-rc-1.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2022-24820? CVE-2022-24820 is a medium-severity missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (maven), affecting versions < 12.10.11. It is fixed in 12.10.11, 13.4.4, 13.9. A critical operation is accessible without requiring any authentication.
- How severe is CVE-2022-24820? CVE-2022-24820 has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Which versions of org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web are affected by CVE-2022-24820? org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web (maven) versions < 12.10.11 is affected.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2022-24820? Yes. CVE-2022-24820 is fixed in 12.10.11, 13.4.4, 13.9. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is CVE-2022-24820 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2022-24820 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2022-24820 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix CVE-2022-24820?
- Upgrade
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-webto 12.10.11 or later - Upgrade
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-webto 13.4.4 or later - Upgrade
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-webto 13.9 or later
- Upgrade