GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9/GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9
- Aliases
- Published
- 2025-12-01T18:59:29Z
- Modified
- 2025-12-02T01:58:55.762341Z
- Severity
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- 8.7 (High) 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 CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- XWiki Jetty Package (XJetty) allows accessing any application file through URL
- Details
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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.
- Database specific
{ "severity": "HIGH", "github_reviewed": true, "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-284" ], "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-01T21:15:51Z", "github_reviewed_at": "2025-12-01T18:59:29Z" }- References
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- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55749
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/42fb063749dd88cc78196f72d7318b7179285ebd
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/compare/8b68d8a70b43f25391b3ee48477d7eb71b95cf4b...99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23438
Affected packages
Maven
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources
Package
- Name
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources
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- Purl
- pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources
Package
- Name
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources
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- Purl
- pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources
Package
- Name
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources
- View open source insights on deps.dev
- Purl
- pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources