CVE-2025-32969: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server allows SQL injection in query endpoint of REST API

9.3 CVSS

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-32969

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.3

CVSS 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

Problem Types

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Affected Products

Vendor: xwiki

Product: xwiki-platform

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 3.9% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 87.71% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-22 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32969
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-f69v-xrj8-rhxf
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/5c11a874bd24a581f534d283186e209bbccd8113
https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22691

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