GHSA-53GX-J3P6-2RW9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-01 18:59 – Updated: 2025-12-02 01:27
VLAI?
Summary
XWiki Jetty Package (XJetty) allows accessing any application file through URL
Details

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 * Email us at Security Mailing List

Attribution

Vulnerability reported by Joseph Huber.

Severity ?
8.7 (High)
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
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "16.7.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "16.10.11"
            }
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        }
      ]
    },
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            },
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            }
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        }
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-55749"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-12-01T18:59:29Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-01T21:15:51Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nIn an instance which is using the XWiki Jetty package (XJetty), a context is exposed to statically access any file located in the webapp/ folder.\n\nIt 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.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis has been patched in 16.10.11, 17.4.4, 17.7.0.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThe workaround is to modify the start_xwiki.sh script following https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/compare/8b68d8a70b43f25391b3ee48477d7eb71b95cf4b...99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10.\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)\n\n### Attribution\n\nVulnerability reported by Joseph Huber.",
  "id": "GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9",
  "modified": "2025-12-02T01:27:59Z",
  "published": "2025-12-01T18:59:29Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55749"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/42fb063749dd88cc78196f72d7318b7179285ebd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/compare/8b68d8a70b43f25391b3ee48477d7eb71b95cf4b...99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23438"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XWiki Jetty Package (XJetty) allows accessing any application file through URL"
}


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