xwiki-platform up to 15.10.15/16.4.5/16.10.0 sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in xwiki-platform up to 15.10.15/16.4.5/16.10.0. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to sql injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-32969. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in xwiki-platform up to 15.10.15/16.4.5/16.10.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 1.8 and prior to 15.10.16, 16.4.6, and 16.10.1, it is possible for a remote unauthenticated user to escape from the HQL execution context and perform a blind SQL injection to execute arbitrary SQL statements on the database backend, including when "Prevent unregistered users from viewing pages, regardless of the page rights" and "Prevent unregistered users from editing pages, regardless of the page rights" options are enabled. Depending on the used database backend, the attacker may be able to not only obtain confidential information such as password hashes from the database, but also execute UPDATE/INSERT/DELETE queries. This issue has been patched in versions 16.10.1, 16.4.6 and 15.10.16. There is no known workaround, other than upgrading XWiki.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-32969 since 04/14/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

Upgrading to version 15.10.16, 16.4.6 or 16.10.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 5c11a874bd24a581f534d283186e209bbccd8113 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.

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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
• 15.10.11
• 15.10.12
• 15.10.13
• 15.10.14
• 15.10.15
• 16.0
• 16.1
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.4
• 16.4.0
• 16.4.1
• 16.4.2
• 16.4.3
• 16.4.4
• 16.4.5
• 16.5
• 16.6
• 16.7
• 16.8
• 16.9
• 16.10.0

License

• open-source

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