CVE-2022-24898

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.49% (74th) EPSS
CVSS 4 · medium
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9 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml is a common module used by other XWiki top level projects. Starting in version 2.7 and prior to versions 12.10.10, 13.4.4, and 13.8-rc-1, it is possible for a script to access any file accessing to the user running XWiki application server with XML External Entity Injection through the XML script service. The problem has been patched in versions 12.10.10, 13.4.4, and 13.8-rc-1. There is no easy workaround for fixing this vulnerability other than upgrading and being careful when giving Script rights.

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v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.14.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (9)

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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-m2r5-4w96-qxg5Arbitrary file access through XML parsing in org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-xml2022-04-28ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact It's possible in a script to access any file accessing to the user running XWiki application server with XML External Entity Injection through the XML script service. For example: ``` {{velocity}} #set($xml=$services.get('xml')) #set($xxe_payload = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><!DOCTYPE root[<!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM 'file:///etc/passwd' >]><root><foo>&xxe;</foo></root>") #set($doc=$xml.parse($xxe_payload)) $xml.serialize($doc) {{/velocity}} ``` ### Patches The problem has been patched on versions 12.10.10, 13.4.4 and 13.8RC1. ### Workarounds There's no easy workaround for fixing this vulnerability other than upgrading and being careful when giving Script rights. ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-18946 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira XWiki](https://jira.xwiki.org) * Email us at [XWiki Security mailing-list](mailto:security@xwiki.org)

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published 2022-04-28modified 2026-06-17
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