CVE-2025-58049 XWiki PDF export jobs store sensitive cookies unencrypted in job statuses
Attackers with access to job status data can read unencrypted sensitive cookies, potentially leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-58049?
CVE-2025-58049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki, published on 28 Aug 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 from 14.4.2 to before 16.4.8, 16.5.0-rc-1 to before 16.10.7, and 17.0.0-rc-1 to before 17.4.0-rc-1, the PDF export jobs store sensitive cookies unencrypted in job statuses. XWiki shouldn't store passwords in plain text, and it shouldn't be possible to gain access to plain text passwords by gaining access to, e.g., a backup of the data directory. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 16.4.8, 16.10.7, and 17.4.0-rc-1.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-58049?
6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-export-pdf-api. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-export-pdf-api Maven | From 14.4.2 | 16.4.8 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-export-pdf-api Maven | From 14.4.2 | 16.4.8 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-export-pdf-api Maven | From 16.5.0-rc-1 | 16.10.7 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-export-pdf-api Maven | From 16.5.0-rc-1 | 16.10.7 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-export-pdf-api Maven | From 17.0.0-rc-1 | 17.4.0-rc-1 |
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-export-pdf-api Maven | From 17.0.0-rc-1 | 17.4.0-rc-1 |
Products include Xwiki Xwiki.
How do I fix CVE-2025-58049?
Upgrade org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-export-pdf-api to a fixed version for your release line: 16.4.8, 16.10.7 or 17.4.0-rc-1.
Is CVE-2025-58049 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-58049 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Xwiki Xwiki
- 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-9m7c-m33f-3429.