CVE-2025-49585: xwiki-platform · Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations
Affects xwiki-platformSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.6 High : upgrade to 15.10.16 soon.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 37% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 15.10.16
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 13 Jun 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade org.xwiki/xwiki-platform to 15.10.16.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Mavenorg.xwiki/xwiki-platformpkg:maven/org.xwiki/xwiki-platformOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
- Immediate upgrade to patched versions: Organizations should upgrade to XWiki versions 15.10.16, 16.4.7, or 16.10.2 or later, where the vulnerability is fully addressed.
- Restrict edit rights: Limit the ability to create or modify XClass definitions to the smallest necessary group of trusted users to reduce the attack surface.
- Implement strict role-based access controls (RBAC): Ensure that users with script, admin, or programming rights are carefully vetted and monitored.
- Enable and enforce UI warnings: For versions supporting warnings (15.9 and later), ensure that these features are enabled and that users are trained to heed warnings about dangerous operations.
- Conduct regular audits: Review XClass definitions and documents with computed properties or custom display code for suspicious or unauthorized changes.
- Monitor logs and user activity: Implement monitoring to detect unusual editing patterns or privilege escalations related to XWiki documents.
- Network segmentation: Isolate XWiki servers to limit potential lateral movement if compromise occurs.
- Incident response preparedness: Develop and test response plans specific to wiki platform compromises, including backup and recovery procedures for wiki content.
Description
XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions before 15.10.16, 16.0.0-rc-1 through 16.4.6, and 16.5.0-rc-1 through 16.10.1, when an attacker without script or programming right creates an XClass definition in XWiki (requires edit right), and that same document is later edited by a user with script, admin, or programming right, malicious code could be executed with the rights of the editing user without prior warning. In particular, this concerns custom display code, the script of computed properties and queries in database list properties. Note that warnings before editing documents with dangerous properties have only been introduced in XWiki 15.9, before that version, this was a known issue and the advice was simply to be careful. This has been patched in XWiki 16.10.2, 16.4.7 and 15.10.16 by adding an analysis for the respective XClass properties.