CVE-2025-55747 XWiki Platform's configuration files can be accessed through the webjars API

What is CVE-2025-55747?

CVE-2025-55747 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 3 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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 6.1-milestone-2 through 16.10.6, configuration files are accessible through the webjars API. This is fixed in version 16.10.7.

Weakness: CWE-23

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-55747?

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

Products include Xwiki Xwiki.

How do I fix CVE-2025-55747?

Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-webjars-api to a fixed version for your release line: 17.4.0-rc-1 or 16.10.7.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2025-55747 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-55747 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.

Other vulnerabilities in Xwiki Xwiki

• 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-qww7-89xh-x7m7.