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CVE-2025-49580GHSA-JM43-HRQ7-R7W6

XWiki allows privilege escalation through link refactoring

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 17.1.0-rc-1, 16.10.4, 16.4.7, 8.0-milestone-1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. From 8.2 and 7.4.5 until 17.1.0-rc-1, 16.10.4, and 16.4.7, pages can gain script or programming rights when they contain a link and the target of the link is renamed or moved. This might lead to execution of scripts contained in xobjects that should have never been executed. This vulnerability is fixed in 17.1.0-rc-1, 16.10.4, and 16.4.7.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • xwiki xwiki-platform

    From 17.0.0-rc-1 · fixed in 17.1.0-rc-1; From 16.5.0-rc-1 · fixed in 16.10.4; From 8.2 · fixed in 16.4.7; From 7.4.5 · fixed in 8.0-milestone-1

  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-refactoring-defaultMaven

    From 17.0.0-rc-1 · fixed in 17.1.0-rc-1

  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-refactoring-defaultMaven

    From 16.5.0-rc-1 · fixed in 16.10.4

  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-refactoring-defaultMaven

    From 8.2 · fixed in 16.4.7

  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-refactoring-defaultMaven

    From 7.4.5 · fixed in 16.4.7

References 3

GitHub · xwiki/xwiki-platform

jira.xwiki.org