XWiki xwiki-platform up to 16.10.8/17.4.1 sql injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in XWiki xwiki-platform up to 16.10.8/17.4.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-52472. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in XWiki xwiki-platform up to 16.10.8/17.4.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. 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. Starting in version 4.3-milestone-1 and prior to versions 16.10.9, 17.4.2, and 17.5.0, the REST search URL is vulnerable to HQL injection via the `orderField` parameter. The specified value is added twice in the query, though, once in the field list for the select and once in the order clause, so it's not that easy to exploit. The part of the query between the two fields can be enclosed in single quotes to effectively remove them, but the query still needs to remain valid with the query two times in it. This has been patched in versions 17.5.0, 17.4.2, and 16.10.9. No known workarounds are available.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-52472 since 06/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 16.10.9 or 17.4.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 743ebf8696ffa55161ed2c5ecf26b09f69e6bcf1 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 CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2222). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Open Source xwiki

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• XWiki

Name

• xwiki-platform

Version

• 16.10.0
• 16.10.1
• 16.10.2
• 16.10.3
• 16.10.4
• 16.10.5
• 16.10.6
• 16.10.7
• 16.10.8
• 17.4.0
• 17.4.1

License

• open-source

Website

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

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