GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9 XWiki Jetty Package (XJetty) allows accessing any application file through URL

HIGH Published 2025-12-01 Modified 2026-02-06 Official page ↗
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