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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2025-32969 in the critical feed json

org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server allows SQL injection in query endpoint of REST API

published 2025-04-23 18 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-12170 , GHSA-f69v-xrj8-rhxf

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
80.0%
EPSS 80.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server 15.10.16, 16.4.6, 16.10.1
  • org.xwiki.platform xwiki-platform-rest-server 15.10.16, 16.4.6, 16.10.1
  • xwiki xwiki 15.10.16, 16.4.6, 16.10.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

80.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template XWiki REST API Query - SQL Injection nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f69v-xrj8-rhxf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 9.3 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
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 4.0 9.3 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server
>=1.8, <15.10.16
>=16.0.0-rc-1, <16.4.6
>=16.5.0-rc-1, <16.10.1
15.10.16
16.4.6
16.10.1

Affected products

  • xwiki xwiki-platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.