{"id":33985,"date":"2025-04-30T18:11:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:11:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-10T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T18:19:09","slug":"cve-2025-32968-vulnerability-in-xwiki-platform-allows-sql-injection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32968-vulnerability-in-xwiki-platform-allows-sql-injection\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2025-32968: Vulnerability in XWiki platform allows SQL Injection<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently reported an alarming vulnerability, CVE-2025-32968, within the XWiki platform. XWiki is a widely used wiki platform used by businesses and organizations across the globe for collaborative work, information sharing, and document management. The vulnerability lies within its versions<\/a> starting from 1.6-milestone-1 to before 15.10.16, 16.4.6, and 16.10.1. This vulnerability is significant because it allows for a blind SQL<\/a> injection that could potentially compromise the system and lead to data leakage.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2025-32968
\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.8)
\nAttack Vector: Network
\nPrivileges Required: Low
\nUser Interaction: Required
\nImpact: System compromise<\/a>, data leakage<\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>\n

Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n

XWiki | 1.6-milestone-1 to 15.10.16
\nXWiki | 1.6-milestone-1 to 16.4.6
\nXWiki | 1.6-milestone-1 to 16.10.1<\/p>\n

How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

The vulnerability works by allowing a user with SCRIPT<\/a> rights to escape from the HQL execution context, subsequently enabling them to perform a blind SQL injection. This means that they can execute arbitrary<\/a> SQL statements on the database backend. Depending on the database used, the attacker might not only gain access<\/a> to confidential information like password hashes but can also execute UPDATE\/INSERT\/DELETE queries on the database.<\/p>\n

Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability could be exploited:<\/p>\n

SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = 'a' OR '1'='1'; --' and password = '...'<\/code><\/pre>\n
In this SQL injection<\/a> example, the ‘OR ‘1’=’1′ statement always evaluates to true, thus returning all user records, thereby bypassing any password requirement. This is a simplified example, and the actual malicious payload would be more complex and tailored to the specific system being targeted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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