# CVE-2025-32974: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type

- Also known as: GHSA-MVGM-3RW2-7J4R
- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 15.10.8, 16.2.0
- Published: 2025-04-30 · Updated: 2025-04-30

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 15.9-rc-1, fixed in 15.10.8; from 16.0.0-rc-1, fixed in 16.2.0
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default (Maven): from 15.9-rc-1, fixed in 15.10.8
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default (Maven): from 16.0.0-rc-1, fixed in 16.2.0

## Description

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 15.9-rc-1 to before 15.10.8 and from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.2.0, the required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type. When editing a page, XWiki warns since version 15.9 when there is content on the page like a script macro that would gain more rights due to the editing. This analysis doesn't consider certain kinds of properties, allowing a user to put malicious scripts in there that will be executed after a user with script, admin, or programming rights edited the page. Such a malicious script could impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. This issue has been patched in versions 15.10.8 and 16.2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default, upgrade to a fixed version (15.10.8, 16.2.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-mvgm-3rw2-7j4r
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/153dbfa2ef1a7a0a644fe3f889684c6a8738c5fc
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22002

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