Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Versions 13.1RC1 and later of org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authentication-default store the password in plain text in the database after a user resets a forgotten password through the "Forgot your password" link on the login view. Anyone with access to the database or its history could read those passwords, and the risk grows if combined with a separate data leak flaw. Upgrade to 13.10.8 or 14.4.3, which fix the issue; the fix also migrates affected users, but old page history may still contain plain text passwords.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | Medium | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0052, the 44th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-q2hm-2h45-v5g3
- OSV: GHSA-q2hm-2h45-v5g3
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-599v-w48h-rjrm
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-q2hm-2h45-v5g3
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41933
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/443e8398b75a1295067d74afb5898370782d863a#diff-f8a8f8ba80dfc55f044e2e60b521ce379176430ca6921b0f87b79cf682531f79L322
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
- jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19869
- jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19945