CVE-2025-49586
highpriority · track · 35OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
XWiki is an open-source wiki software platform. Any XWiki user with edit right on at least one App Within Minutes application (the default for all users XWiki) can obtain programming right/perform remote code execution by editing the application. This vulnerability has been fixed in XWiki 17.0.0, 16.4.7, and 16.10.3.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.3–8.8
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (19)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore16.5.0-rc-1 → 16.10.3osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore17.0.0-rc-1 → 17.0.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore7.2-milestone-2 → 16.4.7osvUSpkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-oldcore
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-1324xwiki: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-06-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in xwiki ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen auszuspähen, Cross-Site-Scripting auszuführen oder weitere nicht spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu erzielen.
- GHSA-jp4x-w9cj-97q7XWiki allows remote code execution through preview of XClass changes in AWM editor2025-06-13ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Any XWiki user with edit right on at least one App Within Minutes application (the default for all users XWiki) can obtain programming right/perform remote code execution by editing the application. The detailed reproduction steps can be found in the [original bug report](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22719). ### Patches This vulnerability has been fixed in XWiki 17.0.0, 16.4.7, and 16.10.3. ### Workarounds Restricting edit rights on all existing App Within Minutes applications to trusted users mitigates at least the PoC exploit, but we can't exclude that there are other ways to exploit this vulnerability.
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-49586cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49586cnnvd
- https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Download/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ef978315649cf83eae396021bb33603a1a5f7e42enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-jp4x-w9cj-97q7enisa_euvd
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22719enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ef978315649cf83eae396021bb33603a1a5f7e42Patchnvd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-jp4x-w9cj-97q7Vendor Advisorynvd
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