XWiki Jetty Package (XJetty) allows accessing any application file through URL

Exploitation

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

CVSS 4.0

8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N · score source

EPSS

• CVE-2025-55749: 1.58% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 75.50 (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 In an instance which is using the XWiki Jetty package (XJetty), a context is exposed to statically access any file located in the webapp/ folder. It allows accessing files which might contains credentials, like http://myhots/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg, http://myhots/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/xwiki.properties or http://myhots/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/hibernate.cfg.xml. Patches This has been patched in 16.10.11, 17.4.4, 17.7.0. Workarounds The workaround is to modify the startxwiki.sh script following https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/compare/8b68d8a70b43f25391b3ee48477d7eb71b95cf4b...99a04a0e2143583f5154a43e02174155da7e8e10. For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org Email us at Security Mailing List Attribution Vulnerability reported by Joseph Huber.

Published by the source

1 Dec 2025, 18:59 UTC

Last modified by the source

6 Feb 2026, 19:00 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 16:44 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2025-55749

Advisory: XWiki Jetty Package (XJetty) allows accessing any application file through URL
IDs: CVE-2025-55749, GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2025-55749 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:44 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.7)
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-tool-jetty-resources 17.7.0, 17.4.4, 16.10.11. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources: affected >= 16.7.0, < 16.10.11; >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.4; >= 17.5.0, < 17.7.0; fixed in 17.4.4, 17.7.0, 16.10.11

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources: 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-tool-jetty-resources.
- 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-53gx-j3p6-2rw9 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-53gx-j3p6-2rw9 lists affected ranges: Maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-tool-jetty-resources >=16.7.0 =17.0.0-rc-1 =17.5.0 <17.7.0)

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