CVE-2025-54385 XWiki Platform's searchDocuments API allows for SQL injection
Attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries via the searchDocuments API, potentially reading or modifying database contents.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-54385?
CVE-2025-54385 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 26 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In versions between 17.0.0-rc1 to 17.2.2 and versions 16.10.5 and below, it's possible to execute any SQL query in Oracle by using the function like DBMS_XMLGEN or DBMS_XMLQUERY. The XWiki#searchDocuments APIs pass queries directly to Hibernate without sanitization. Even when these APIs enforce a specific SELECT clause, attackers can still inject malicious code through HQL's native function support in other parts of the query (such as the WHERE clause). This is fixed in versions 16.10.6 and 17.3.0-rc-1.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54385?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 1.0 | 16.10.6 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 1.0 | 16.10.6 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 17.0.0-rc1 | 17.3.0-rc-1 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore Maven | From 17.0.0-rc1 | 17.3.0-rc-1 |
Products include Xwiki Xwiki.
How do I fix CVE-2025-54385?
Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore to a fixed version for your release line: 16.10.6 or 17.3.0-rc-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-2025-54385 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54385 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-24893 XWiki Platform Eval Injection
- CVE-2025-53836 XWiki Rendering is vulnerable to RCE attacks when processing nested macros
- CVE-2024-55662 XWiki allows remote code execution through the extension sheet
- CVE-2024-55877 XWiki allows remote code execution from account through macro descriptions and XWiki.XWikiSyntaxMacrosList
- CVE-2024-37901 XWiki Platform vulnerable to remote code execution from account via SearchSuggestConfigSheet
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p9qm-p942-q3w5.