GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9
XWiki Jetty Package (XJetty) allows accessing any application file through URL
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2025-55749
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS_V4
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
### Impact In an instance which is using the XWiki Jetty package (XJetty), a context is exposed to statically access any file located in the webapp/ folder. It allows accessing files which might contains credentials, like http://myhots/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg, http://myhots/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/xwiki.properties or http://myhots/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/hibernate.cfg.xml. ### Patches This has been patched in 16.10.11, 17.4.4, 17.7.0. ### Workarounds The workaround is to modify the start_xwiki.sh script following https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/compare/8b68d8a70b43f25391b3ee48477d7eb71b95cf4b...99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/) * Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org) ### Attribution Vulnerability reported by Joseph Huber.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources | introduced 16.7.0, fixed 16.10.11 |
| Maven · org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources | introduced 17.0.0-rc-1, fixed 17.4.4 |
| Maven · org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources | introduced 17.5.0, fixed 17.7.0 |
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9 WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55749 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/42fb063749dd88cc78196f72d7318b7179285ebd WEB
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10 WEB
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform PACKAGE
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/compare/8b68d8a70b43f25391b3ee48477d7eb71b95cf4b...99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10 WEB
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23438 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |