org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

9.0 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

• CVE-2025-32974: 0.36% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 29.89 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

Impact When editing a page, XWiki warns since version 15.9 when there is content on the page like a script macro that would gain more rights due to the editing. This analysis doesn't consider certain kinds of properties, allowing a user to put malicious scripts in there that will be executed after a user with script, admin, or programming rights edited the page. Such a malicious script could impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. To reproduce, as a user without script right, create a class with a TextArea property, create page with an object of that class and a Velocity macro in its content. Then, as an admin, try editing that page. Normally, there should be a warning but in vulnerable versions of XWiki, there is no warning. Patches This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10.8 and 16.2.0. Workarounds We're not aware of any workarounds apart from not editing pages that might have been edited by untrusted users as a user with…

Published by the source

29 Apr 2025, 14:05 UTC

Last modified by the source

30 Apr 2025, 17:29 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 16:35 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-mvgm-3rw2-7j4r

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-32974

Advisory: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default required rights analysis doesn't consider TextAreas with default content type
IDs: CVE-2025-32974, GHSA-mvgm-3rw2-7j4r
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-32974 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:35 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.0)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default 16.2.0, 15.10.8. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default: affected >= 15.9-rc-1, < 15.10.8; >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.2.0; fixed in 15.10.8, 16.2.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mvgm-3rw2-7j4r (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-mvgm-3rw2-7j4r lists affected ranges: Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-requiredrights-default >=15.9-rc-1 =16.0.0-rc-1 <16.2.0)

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