ghsa-qww7-89xh-x7m7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-09-03 17:42
Modified
2025-09-10 21:13
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical) - 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
Summary
XWiki configuration files can be accessed through the webjars API
Details

Impact

It's possible to get access and read configuration files by using URLs such as http://localhost:8080/xwiki/webjars/wiki%3Axwiki/..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2FWEB-INF%2Fxwiki.cfg. The trick here is to encode the / which is decoded when parsing the URL segment, but not re-encoded when assembling the file path.

Patches

This has been patched in 17.4.0-rc-1, 16.10.7.

Workarounds

There is no known workaround, other than upgrading XWiki.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org * Email us at Security Mailing List

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-webjars-api"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.1-milestone-2"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "16.10.7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-55747"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-23"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-09-03T17:42:51Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-03T21:15:31Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nIt\u0027s possible to get access and read configuration files by using URLs such as `http://localhost:8080/xwiki/webjars/wiki%3Axwiki/..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2FWEB-INF%2Fxwiki.cfg`. The trick here is to encode the / which is decoded when parsing the URL segment, but not re-encoded when assembling the file path.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis has been patched in 17.4.0-rc-1, 16.10.7.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere is no known workaround, other than upgrading XWiki.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)\n* Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)",
  "id": "GHSA-qww7-89xh-x7m7",
  "modified": "2025-09-10T21:13:51Z",
  "published": "2025-09-03T17:42:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qww7-89xh-x7m7"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55747"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9e7b4c03f2143978d891109a17159f73d4cdd318#diff-45ea9c87d5fb68cd5db0da7f78cf25e76f1325f5fe56e21618b21786fc706236R80-R81"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19350"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XWiki configuration files can be accessed through the webjars API"
}


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