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XWiki 7.4.5 < 8.0, 8.2 < 16.4.7, 16.5.0-rc-1 < 16.10.4, 17.0.0-rc-1 < 17.1.0 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-jm43-hrq7-r7w6)

🗓️ 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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XWiki versions prior to 8.0 are vulnerable to privilege escalation and need an update.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:xwiki:xwiki";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124869");
  script_version("2026-06-25T06:55:31+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-06-25 06:55:31 +0000 (Thu, 25 Jun 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-07-18 05:10:52 +0000 (Fri, 18 Jul 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-06-13 16:15:27 +0000 (Fri, 13 Jun 2025)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-49580");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("XWiki 7.4.5 < 8.0, 8.2 < 16.4.7, 16.5.0-rc-1 < 16.10.4, 17.0.0-rc-1 < 17.1.0 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (GHSA-jm43-hrq7-r7w6)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Privilege escalation");
  script_dependencies("gb_xwiki_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("xwiki/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Xwiki is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Pages can gain script or programming rights when they contain a
  link and the target of the link is renamed or moved. This might lead to execution of scripts
  contained in xobjects that should have never been executed.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"XWiki version 7.4.5 prior to 8.0, 8.2 prior to 16.4.7,
  16.5.0-rc-1 prior to 16.10.4 and 17.0.0-rc-1 prior to 17.1.0.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 8.0, 16.4.7, 16.10.4, 17.1.0 or
  later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jm43-hrq7-r7w6");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if ( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];


if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"7.4.5", test_version_up:"8.0" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"8.0", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"8.2", test_version_up:"16.4.7" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"16.4.7", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"16.5.0-rc-1", test_version_up:"16.10.4" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"16.10.4", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range_exclusive( version:version, test_version_lo:"17.0.0-rc-1", test_version_up:"17.1.0" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"17.1.0", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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25 Jun 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.18
CVSS 48.5
EPSS0.00393
SSVC
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