CVE-2025-32974
criticalpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 15.9-rc-1 to before 15.10.8 and from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.2.0, the required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type. When editing a page, XWiki warns since version 15.9 when there is content on the page like a script macro that would gain more rights due to the editing. This analysis doesn't consider certain kinds of properties, allowing a user to put malicious scripts in there that will be executed after a user with script, admin, or programming rights edited the page. Such a malicious script could impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. This issue has been patched in versions 15.10.8 and 16.2.0.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.2–9.1
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affected products (12)
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- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default15.9-rc-1 → 15.10.8osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default16.0.0-rc-1 → 16.2.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default
advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-0898xwiki: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-04-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in xwiki ausnutzen, um falsche Informationen darzustellen, einen Denial-of-Service auszulösen, Benutzerrechte zu erlangen oder Cross-Site-Scripting durchzuführen.
- GHSA-mvgm-3rw2-7j4rorg.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type2025-04-29ghsa · osvUS
### Impact When editing a page, XWiki warns since version 15.9 when there is content on the page like a script macro that would gain more rights due to the editing. This analysis doesn't consider certain kinds of properties, allowing a user to put malicious scripts in there that will be executed after a user with script, admin, or programming rights edited the page. Such a malicious script could impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. To reproduce, as a user without script right, create a class with a `TextArea` property, create page with an object of that class and a Velocity macro in its content. Then, as an admin, try editing that page. Normally, there should be a warning but in vulnerable versions of XWiki, there is no warning. ### Patches This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10.8 and 16.2.0. ### Workarounds We're not aware of any workarounds apart from not editing pages that might have been edited by untrusted users as a user with script rights, e.g., by using separate user accounts for admin and non-admin tasks.
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/153dbfa2ef1a7a0a644fe3f889684c6a8738c5fccnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-mvgm-3rw2-7j4rcnnvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22002cnnvd
- https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Download/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/153dbfa2ef1a7a0a644fe3f889684c6a8738c5fcenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-mvgm-3rw2-7j4renisa_euvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22002enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/153dbfa2ef1a7a0a644fe3f889684c6a8738c5fcPatchnvd
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