xwiki xwiki-platform up to 15.10.11/16.4.2/16.7.x XWiki.ComponentClass authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in xwiki xwiki-platform up to 15.10.11/16.4.2/16.7.x. The impacted element is the function XWiki.ComponentClass. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-32973. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in xwiki xwiki-platform up to 15.10.11/16.4.2/16.7.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function XWiki.ComponentClass. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 15.9-rc-1 to before 15.10.12, from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.4.3, and from 16.5.0-rc-1 to before 16.8.0-rc-1, when a user with programming rights edits a document in XWiki that was last edited by a user without programming rights and contains an XWiki.ComponentClass, there is no warning that this will grant programming rights to this object. An attacker who created such a malicious object could use this to gain programming rights on the wiki. For this, the attacker needs to have edit rights on at least one page to place this object and then get an admin user to edit that document. This issue has been patched in versions 15.10.12, 16.4.3, and 16.8.0-rc-1.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-32973 since 04/14/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 15.10.12, 16.4.3 or 16.8.0-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 1a6f1b2e050770331c9a63d12a3fd8a36d199f62 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
• 16.0
• 16.1
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.4
• 16.4.0
• 16.4.1
• 16.4.2
• 16.5
• 16.6
• 16.7

License

• open-source

Website

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

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