Medium, CVSS 6.9MavenPublished
Apache JSPWiki Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability via Header Link Rendering
CVE-2025-24853 · GHSA-rrff-chj9-w4c7
- Affected
- Maven org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-markdown < 2.12.3
- Fixed in
- 2.12.3· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- A carefully crafted request when creating a header link using the wiki markup syntax, which could allow the attacker to execute javascript in the victim's browser and get some sensitive information about the victim. Further research by the JSPWiki team showed that the markdown parser allowed this kind of attack too. Apache JSPWiki users should upgrade to 2.12.3 or later.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 2.12.3 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.