Vulnerability · Published Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-32969org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server allows SQL injection in query endpoint of REST API
Critical 9.3
In plain English
A critical-severity SQL injection in xwiki-platform from xwiki. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 80.0% (higher than 99.6% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server | 15.10.16 | GHSA-f69v-xrj8-rhxf |
| Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server | 16.4.6 | GHSA-f69v-xrj8-rhxf |
| Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server | 16.10.1 | GHSA-f69v-xrj8-rhxf |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| xwiki | xwiki-platform | >= 1.8, < 15.10.16>= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.4.6>= 16.5.0-rc-1, < 16.10.1 |
Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f69v-xrj8-rhxf x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/5c11a874bd24a581f534d283186e209bbccd8113 x_refsource_MISC
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22691 x_refsource_MISC