xwiki xwiki-platform up to 15.10.12/16.4.3/16.7.x HTML Conversion Request Filter redirect

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in xwiki xwiki-platform up to 15.10.12/16.4.3/16.7.x. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HTML Conversion Request Filter. The manipulation leads to redirect. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-32970. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in xwiki xwiki-platform up to 15.10.12/16.4.3/16.7.x and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component HTML Conversion Request Filter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 13.5-rc-1 to before 15.10.13, from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.4.4, and from 16.5.0-rc-1 to before 16.8.0, an open redirect vulnerability in the HTML conversion request filter allows attackers to construct URLs on an XWiki instance that redirects to any URL. This issue has been patched in versions 15.10.13, 16.4.4, and 16.8.0.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-32970 since 04/14/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1204.001 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 15.10.13, 16.4.4 or 16.8.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 6dab7909f45deb00efd36a0cd47788e95ad64802 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

Vendor

• xwiki

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
• 16.0
• 16.1
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.4
• 16.4.0
• 16.4.1
• 16.4.2
• 16.4.3
• 16.5
• 16.6
• 16.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/

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