GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9 XWiki Jetty Package (XJetty) allows accessing any application file through URL
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-55749
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
- Reviewed
- 2025-12-01
Affected packages
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources: >= 16.7.0, < 16.10.11 → fixed in 16.10.11
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources: >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.4 → fixed in 17.4.4
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources: >= 17.5.0, < 17.7.0 → fixed in 17.7.0
Description
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-55749 XWiki is an open-source wiki software platform. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55749 advisory
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/42fb063749dd88cc78196f72d7318b7179285ebd web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10 web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform package
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/compare/8b68d8a70b43f25391b3ee48477d7eb71b95cf4b...99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10 web
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23438 web