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Security research · CVE-2025-32974

XWiki is a generic wiki platform.

Published Apr 30, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 30, 2025 · XWiki is a generic

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-32974. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of XWiki is a generic is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (XWiki is a generic).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.35%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor xwiki xwiki-platform 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.2.0

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 15.9-rc-1 to before 15.10.8 and from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.2.0, the required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type. When editing a page, XWiki warns since version 15.9 when there is content on the page like a script macro that would gain more rights due to the editing. This analysis doesn't consider certain kinds of properties, allowing a user to put malicious scripts in there that will be executed after a user with script, admin, or programming rights edited the page. Such a malicious script could im

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  • vendor xwiki xwiki-platform 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.2.016.0.0-rc-1, < 16.2.0

How to fix CVE-2025-32974

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-32974. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of XWiki is a generic is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with xwiki xwiki-platform 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.2.0 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.2.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.35%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 30, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 15.9-rc-1 to before 15.10.8 and from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.2.0, the required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type. When editing a page, XWiki warns since version 15.9 when there is content on the page like a script macro that would gain more rights due to the editing. This analysis doesn't consider certa

  2. Apr 30, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 15.9-rc-1 to before 15.10.8 and from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.2.0, the required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type. When editing a page, XWiki warns since version 15.9 when there is content on the page like a script macro that would gain more rights due to the editing. This analysis doesn't consider certa

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-32974

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-32974

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-12740

    XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 15.9-rc-1 to before 15.10.8 and from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.2.0, the required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type. When editing a page, XWiki warns since version 15.9 when there is cont

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.