CVE-2025-32969 org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server allows SQL injection in query endpoint of REST API

What is CVE-2025-32969?

CVE-2025-32969 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 23 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 1.8 and prior to 15.10.16, 16.4.6, and 16.10.1, it is possible for a remote unauthenticated user to escape from the HQL execution context and perform a blind SQL injection to execute arbitrary SQL statements on the database backend, including when "Prevent unregistered users from viewing pages, regardless of the page rights" and "Prevent unregistered users from editing pages, regardless of the page rights" options are enabled. Depending on the used database backend, the attacker may be able to not only obtain confidential information such as password hashes from the database, but also execute UPDATE/INSERT/DELETE queries. This issue has been patched in versions 16.10.1, 16.4.6 and 15.10.16. There is no known workaround, other than upgrading XWiki.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32969?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server. It affects 1 product.

Products include Xwiki Xwiki.

How do I fix CVE-2025-32969?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server to a fixed version for your release line: 15.10.16, 16.4.6 or 16.10.1.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2025-32969 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-32969 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

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• CVE-2025-24893 XWiki Platform Eval Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-53836 XWiki Rendering is vulnerable to RCE attacks when processing nested macros Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-55662 XWiki allows remote code execution through the extension sheet Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-55877 XWiki allows remote code execution from account through macro descriptions and XWiki.XWikiSyntaxMacrosList Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-37901 XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution from account via SearchSuggestConfigSheet Critical 10.0

All Xwiki Xwiki vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-f69v-xrj8-rhxf.