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CVE-2025-32430VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-32430: xwiki-platform · Cross-site Scripting

Affects xwiki-platformSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · public detection template (Nuclei) · CVSS 6.5 Medium · fixed in 16.4.8 : update xwiki-platform when convenient.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 51% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 16.4.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Aug 2025

  2. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  3. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  4. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

AI-suggested

European organizations should prioritize upgrading affected XWiki Platform instances to the fixed versions 16.4.8, 16.10.6, or 17.3.0-rc-1 as soon as possible. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, applying the manual patch to the WAR file to replicate the official fix is recommended. Additionally, organizations should implement strict input validation and output encoding in any custom templates or extensions to prevent injection of malicious scripts. Deploying Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with rules to detect and block reflected XSS payloads targeting XWiki URLs can provide temporary protection. User awareness training to recognize suspicious URLs and phishing attempts is also critical to reduce the risk of exploitation via social engineering. Monitoring logs for unusual URL access patterns and anomalous user actions within XWiki can help detect attempted or successful exploitation. Finally, organizations should review and minimize user permissions within XWiki to limit the potential damage from compromised accounts.

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In versions 4.2-milestone-3 through 16.4.7, 16.5.0-rc-1 through 16.10.5 and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.2.2, two templates contain reflected XSS vulnerabilities, allowing an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript code in the context of the victim's session by getting the victim to visit an attacker-controlled URL. This permits the attacker to perform arbitrary actions using the permissions of the victim. This issue is fixed in versions 16.4.8, 16.10.6 and 17.3.0-rc-1. To workaround the issue, manually patch the WAR with the same changes as the original patch.

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