GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-r5cr-xm48-97xp XWiki missing authorization when accessing the wiki level attachments list and metadata via REST API
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-46554
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
- Reviewed
- 2025-04-30
Affected packages
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server: >= 1.8.1, < 14.10.22 → fixed in 14.10.22
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server: >= 15.0-rc-1, < 15.10.12 → fixed in 15.10.12
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server: >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.4.3 → fixed in 16.4.3
• Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server: >= 16.5.0-rc-1, < 16.7.0 → fixed in 16.7.0
Description
Impact
Anyone can access the metadata of any attachment in the wiki using the wiki attachment REST endpoint. It's not filtering the result depending on current user rights, a not authenticated user could exploit this even in a totally private wiki.
To reproduce:
• remove view from guest on the whole wiki
• logout
• access http://127.0.0.1:8080/xwiki/rest/wikis/xwiki/spaces/Sandbox/pages/WebHome/attachments
You get a list of attachments, while the expected result should be an empty list.
Patches
This vulnerability has been fixed in XWiki 14.10.22, 15.10.12, 16.7.0-rc-1 and 16.4.3.
Workarounds
We're not aware of any workaround except upgrading.
References
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22424
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22427
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a43e933ddeda17dad1772396e1757998260e9342#diff-0
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
Issue reported by Lukas Monert.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-46554 XWiki is a generic wiki platform. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-r5cr-xm48-97xp web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46554 advisory
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/37ecea84fdd053c33733c2ae9a0778bf98eae608 web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a43e933ddeda17dad1772396e1757998260e9342 web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/c02ce7843a39851865b9d7b6132e32fdd21e3856 web
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform package
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22424 web
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22427 web