CVE-2025-32973
xwiki vulnerability - xwiki
Description
XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 15.9-rc-1 to before 15.10.12, from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.4.3, and from 16.5.0-rc-1 to before 16.8.0-rc-1, when a user with programming rights edits a document in XWiki that was last edited by a user without programming rights and contains an XWiki.ComponentClass, there is no warning that this will grant programming rights to this object. An attacker who created such a malicious object could use this to gain programming rights on the wiki. For this, the attacker needs to have edit rights on at least one page to place this object and then get an admin user to edit that document. This issue has been patched in versions 15.10.12, 16.4.3, and 16.8.0-rc-1.
Affected Systems
| Vendor | xwiki |
| Product | xwiki |
| Affected Versions | from 15.9 before 15.10.12; from 16.0.0 before 16.4.3; from 16.5.0 before 16.8.0 |
| CWE ID | CWE-862 |
Mitigation
Apply the latest security patches from the vendor, restrict network exposure where applicable, and monitor for exploitation attempts.
Fix Instructions
Refer to the vendor advisory and apply the latest security updates. See references for detailed patching instructions.
References
Risk Assessment
CVSS: 9/10
| Exploit Available | Unknown |
| Patch Available | Yes |
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