{"id":73983,"date":"2025-09-10T19:36:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:36:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-02T03:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:01:39","slug":"cve-2025-55747-configuration-file-exposure-in-xwiki-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55747-configuration-file-exposure-in-xwiki-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-55747: Configuration File Exposure in XWiki Platform<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the critical aspects of cybersecurity is the security of configuration files, which often contain sensitive information about the system and its components. A recent vulnerability, CVE-2025-55747, affecting the XWiki Platform has brought this issue to the forefront. This platform, a generic wiki platform offering runtime services, is widely used for building applications on top of it. The vulnerability allows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3831-unauthorized-access-to-log-files-through-harmony-sase-agent\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81606\">unauthorized access to configuration files<\/a> through the webjars API, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-55747<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82949\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-663500614\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-21648-xwiki-platform-rollback-action-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92487\">XWiki Platform<\/a> | 6.1-milestone-2 through 16.10.6<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52352-critical-vulnerability-in-aikaan-iot-management-platform-allows-unauthorized-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81826\">vulnerability lies in the webjars API of the XWiki Platform<\/a>. An attacker can craft a specific request to this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-57157-unauthorised-access-to-sensitive-apis-in-jantent-v1-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81738\">API and gain access<\/a> to the platform&#8217;s configuration files. These files may contain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7654-sensitive-information-exposure-in-multiple-funnelkit-plugins\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81840\">sensitive information<\/a> like server details, database credentials, and API keys that could be used to compromise the system or leak data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1745839850\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how an attacker might exploit this vulnerability. This example is a simple HTTP GET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8675-server-side-request-forgery-ssrf-vulnerability-in-drupal-ai-seo-link-advisor\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81852\">request to the vulnerable<\/a> endpoint:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/webjars\/..\/..\/..\/..\/etc\/config.xml HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This request tries to traverse the directory structure and attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7051-unauthorized-access-and-manipulation-of-syslog-configuration-in-n-central\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84554\">access a configuration<\/a> file (`config.xml`) in the `etc` directory. If successful, the attacker would receive the configuration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36157-unauthorized-remote-server-property-file-modification-in-ibm-jazz-foundation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83040\">file&#8217;s contents in the server&#8217;s<\/a> response.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Remediation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best way to mitigate this vulnerability is by applying the vendor-supplied patch. XWiki has fixed this issue in version 16.10.7 of the platform. If you&#8217;re unable to apply the patch immediately, you can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary mitigation measure. These tools can be configured to block or alert on attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41667-potential-system-compromise-via-file-access-exploitation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92161\">access configuration files<\/a> through the webjars API.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview One of the critical aspects of cybersecurity is the security of configuration files, which often contain sensitive information about the system and its components. A recent vulnerability, CVE-2025-55747, affecting the XWiki Platform has brought this issue to the forefront. 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