Critical, CVSS 9.3MavenPublished
XWiki Platform has path traversal via resources parameter in ssx and jsx endpoints when using leading slash
CVE-2026-23734 · GHSA-xq3r-2qv5-vqqm
- Affected
- Maven org.xwiki.commons:xwiki-commons-classloader-api >= 4.2-milestone-2, < 16.10.17; >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.9; >= 17.5.0, < 17.10.3; >= 18.0.0-rc-1, < 18.1.0-rc-1
- Fixed in
- 16.10.1717.4.917.10.318.1.0-rc-1· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Impact It's possible to get access and read configuration files by using URLs such as http://localhost:8080/bin/ssx/Main/WebHome?resource=/../../WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg&minify=false. This can apparently be reproduced on Tomcat instances. Patches This has been patched in 18.0.0-rc-1, 17.10.3, 17.4.9, 16.10.17. Workarounds There is no known workaround, other than upgrading XWiki. References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3547 https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/commit/a979cafd89f6a9c9c0b9ab19744d672df64429bf 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 The vulnerability was reported by Michał Kołek.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 18.1.0-rc-1 (pre-release), 17.10.3, 17.4.9 or 16.10.17 by release line, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.