CVE-2025-49581

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. Any user with edit right on a page (could be the user's profile) can execute code (Groovy, Python, Velocity) with programming right by defining a wiki macro. This allows full access to the whole XWiki installation. The main problem is that if a wiki macro parameter allows wiki syntax, its default value is executed with the rights of the author of the document where it is used. This can be exploited by overriding a macro like the children macro that is used in a page that has programming right like the page XWiki.ChildrenMacro and thus allows arbitrary script macros. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 16.4.7, 16.10.3 and 17.0.0 by executing wiki parameters with the rights of the wiki macro's author when the parameter's value is the default value.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:17.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

03 Sep 2025, 17:51

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/c99d501ed41cbee6a3c02ff927714531570789de - () https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/c99d501ed41cbee6a3c02ff927714531570789de - Patch
References () https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-9875-cw22-f7cx - () https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-9875-cw22-f7cx - Vendor Advisory
References () https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22760 - () https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22760 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:17.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 8.8
First Time Xwiki xwiki
Xwiki

16 Jun 2025, 12:32

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-06-13 16:15

Updated : 2025-09-03 17:51


NVD link : CVE-2025-49581

Mitre link : CVE-2025-49581

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-49581


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Products Affected

xwiki

  • xwiki
CWE
CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

CWE-270

Privilege Context Switching Error