xwiki-platform up to 8.0-milestone-0/16.4.6/16.10.3/17.1.0-rc-0 privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in xwiki-platform up to 8.0-milestone-0/16.4.6/16.10.3/17.1.0-rc-0. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to privileges assignment. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-49580. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in xwiki-platform up to 8.0-milestone-0/16.4.6/16.10.3/17.1.0-rc-0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. From 8.2 and 7.4.5 until 17.1.0-rc-1, 16.10.4, and 16.4.7, pages can gain script or programming rights when they contain a link and the target of the link is renamed or moved. This might lead to execution of scripts contained in xobjects that should have never been executed. This vulnerability is fixed in 17.1.0-rc-1, 16.10.4, and 16.4.7.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-49580 since 06/06/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 8.0-milestone-1, 16.4.7, 16.10.4 or 17.1.0-rc-1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ab209acd780da69a4c5ff77ff011efd698273cec 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 vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-18286). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: xwiki-platform 8.0-milestone-1/16.4.7/16.10.4/17.1.0-rc-1
Patch: ab209acd780da69a4c5ff77ff011efd698273cec

Timelineinfo

06/06/2025 CVE reserved
06/13/2025 +7 days Advisory disclosed
06/13/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/03/2025 +82 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-jm43-hrq7-r7w6
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-49580 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-49580
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-312503
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2025 19:36
Updated: 09/03/2025 22:49
Changes: 06/13/2025 19:36 (68), 06/13/2025 19:53 (1), 09/03/2025 22:49 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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