xwiki-platform up to 15.10.10/16.4.0 eval injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in xwiki-platform up to 15.10.10/16.4.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /xwiki/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7D%7D%7D%7B%7Basync%20async%3Dfalse%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28"Hello%20from"%20%2B%20"%20search%20text%3A"%20%2B%20%2823%20%2B%2019%29%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D%20. The manipulation leads to eval injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-24893. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in xwiki-platform up to 15.10.10/16.4.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file /xwiki/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7D%7D%7D%7B%7Basync%20async%3Dfalse%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28"Hello%20from"%20%2B%20"%20search%20text%3A"%20%2B%20%2823%20%2B%2019%29%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D%20. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a eval injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-95. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes code syntax before using the input in a dynamic evaluation call (e.g. "eval"). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any guest can perform arbitrary remote code execution through a request to `SolrSearch`. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. To reproduce on an instance, without being logged in, go to `<host>/xwiki/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7D%7D%7D%7B%7Basync%20async%3Dfalse%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28"Hello%20from"%20%2B%20"%20search%20text%3A"%20%2B%20%2823%20%2B%2019%29%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D%20`. If there is an output, and the title of the RSS feed contains `Hello from search text:42`, then the instance is vulnerable. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10.11, 16.4.1 and 16.5.0RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may edit `Main.SolrSearchMacros` in `SolrSearchMacros.xml` on line 955 to match the `rawResponse` macro in `macros.vm#L2824` with a content type of `application/xml`, instead of simply outputting the content of the feed.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-24893 since 01/27/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 10/30/2025 with a due date of 11/20/2025:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Upgrading to version 15.10.11 or 16.4.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 67021db9b8ed26c2236a653269302a86bf01ef40 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (52136), EUVD (EUVD-2025-4562) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0425). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Open Source xwiki

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• xwiki-platform

Version

• 15.10.0
• 15.10.1
• 15.10.2
• 15.10.3
• 15.10.4
• 15.10.5
• 15.10.6
• 15.10.7
• 15.10.8
• 15.10.9
• 15.10.10
• 16.0
• 16.1
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.4.0

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• open-source

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