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medium 6.1

CVE-2025-66472 json

XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication

published 10mo ago modified last mo. also GHSA-7vpr-jm38-wr7w , EUVD-2025-202431

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Versions 6.2-milestone-1 through 16.10.9 and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.4.1 of both XWiki Platform Flamingo Skin Resources and XWiki Platform Web Templates are vulnerable to a reflected XSS attack through a deletion confirmation message. The attacker-supplied script is executed when the victim clicks the "No" button. This issue is fixed in versions 16.10.10 and 17.4.2 of both XWiki Platform Flamingo Skin Resources and XWiki Platform Web Templates.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources 16.10.10, 17.4.2
  • maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates 16.10.10, 17.4.2
  • xwiki xwiki 16.10.10, 17.4.2

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
10mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template XWiki DeleteApplication - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template
  • jira.xwiki.org https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23244 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 6.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA 4.0 6.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources
>=6.2-milestone-1, <16.10.10
>=17.0.0-rc-1, <17.4.2
16.10.10
17.4.2
maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
>=6.2-milestone-1, <16.10.10
>=17.0.0-rc-1, <17.4.2
16.10.10
17.4.2

Affected products

  • xwiki xwiki-platform

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
  • CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page

References

Sources

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