CVE-2025-49580

XWiki allows privilege escalation through link refactoring

Published Jun 13, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 8.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-18286 XWiki allows privilege escalation through link refactoring
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jm43-hrq7-r7w6 XWiki allows privilege escalation through link refactoring
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Xwiki xwiki
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Xwiki xwiki
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00051}

epss

{'score': 0.00058}

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title XWiki allows privilege escalation through link refactoring
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 13, 2025, 6:09 PM
Reserved
Jun 6, 2025, 3:44 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 13, 2025, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:31 AM