Account reactivation via omitted inactive-user check
Published Sep 8, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025
Improper authorization in XWiki Platform 1.1 through 13.10.4 and 14.0 before 14.3-rc-1 allows remote authenticated users to reactivate accounts. REST and extension resource handlers accept authentication results without routing them through XWiki#checkAuth, omitting the inactive-user state check. A valid disabled or unactivated account is required; reactivation restores its existing access, while unprotected extension handlers expose further authorized actions.
Summary
What happened
Improper authorization in XWiki Platform 1.1 through 13.10.4 and 14.0 before 14.3-rc-1 allows remote authenticated users to reactivate accounts. REST and extension resource handlers accept authentication results without routing them through XWiki#checkAuth, omitting the inactive-user state check. A valid disabled or unactivated account is required; reactivation restores its existing access, while unprotected extension handlers expose further authorized actions.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-36090
- Published
- Sep 8, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Vendor
- CryptPad
- Product
- XWiki Platform
- Classifications
- CWE-285, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 8, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=>= 1.1, < 13.10.5
- Affected versionversion=>= 14.0, < 14.3-RC-1
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Public exploit references
- XWIKI-19559 REST reactivation reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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