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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2025-24893

xwiki-platform Remote code execution as guest

xwiki / xwiki-platform · >= 5.3-milestone-2, < 15.10.11

Severity
CVSS 9.8 · Critical
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
99.9%
First observed
Last observed

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2025-24893 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting xwiki xwiki-platform. XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any guest can perform...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

xwiki / xwiki-platform >= 5.3-milestone-2, < 15.10.11.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any guest can perform arbitrary remote code execution through a request to `SolrSearch`. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. To reproduce on an instance, without being logged in, go to `/xwiki/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7D%7D%7D%7B%7Basync%20async%3Dfalse%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28"Hello%20from"%20%2B%20"%20search%20text%3A"%20%2B%20%2823%20%2B%2019%29%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D%20`.

If there is an output, and the title of the RSS feed contains `Hello from search text:42`, then the instance is vulnerable. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10.11, 16.4.1 and 16.5.0RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may edit `Main.SolrSearchMacros` in `SolrSearchMacros.xml` on line 955 to match the `rawResponse` macro in `macros.vm#L2824` with a content type of `application/xml`, instead of simply outputting the content of the feed.

Vendor Product Affected Status
xwiki xwiki-platform >= 5.3-milestone-2, < 15.10.11 Affected
xwiki xwiki-platform >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.4.1 Affected
Published
20 Feb 2025
Exploitation Reported
22 Apr 2025
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

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CVE References

Exploitation evidence

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Exploited in the wild

The Shadowserver

Recorded 22 Apr 2025

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Proof of concept available

GitHub

Recorded 25 Feb 2025

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

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Source Added
The Shadowserver First 2025-04-24 00:00 UTC
CISA 2026-06-02 14:05 UTC

Detection

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

99.9%

Potential Proof of Concepts

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Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  2. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  4. Added to KEV Intelligence KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  5. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  6. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2025-24893",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 9.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.99864,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
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  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
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