CVE-2025-66472
published 2025-12-10CVE-2025-66472: XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Versions 6.2-milestone-1 through 16.10.9 and…
PriorityP339medium6.1CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
0.46%
36.7th percentile
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Versions 6.2-milestone-1 through 16.10.9 and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.4.1 of both XWiki Platform Flamingo Skin Resources and XWiki Platform Web Templates are vulnerable to a reflected XSS attack through a deletion confirmation message. The attacker-supplied script is executed when the victim clicks the "No" button. This issue is fixed in versions 16.10.10 and 17.4.2 of both XWiki Platform Flamingo Skin Resources and XWiki Platform Web Templates.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| xwiki | xwiki | >= 17.0.0 < 17.4.2 | 17.4.2 |
| xwiki | xwiki | >= 6.2 < 16.10.10 | 16.10.10 |
| xwiki | xwiki-platform | — | — |
| xwiki | xwiki-platform | — | — |
| xwiki | xwiki-platform | — | — |
| xwiki | xwiki-platform | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvdv4.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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OSV
XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication
osv·2025-12-10
CVE-2025-66472 [MEDIUM] XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication
XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication
### Impact
A reflected XSS vulnerability in XWiki allows an attacker to send a victim to a URL with a deletion confirmation message on which the attacker-supplied script is executed when the victim clicks the "No" button. When the victim has admin or programming right, this allows the attacker to execute basically arbitrary actions on the XWiki installation including remote code execution.
### Patches
This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 16.10.10, 17.4.2 and 17.5.0 by using the affected URL parameter only in the intended context.
### Workarounds
The [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/cb578b1b2910d06e9dd7581077072d1cfbd280f2) can be manually applied to the templates that are prese
GHSA
XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication
ghsa·2025-12-10
CVE-2025-66472 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication
XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication
### Impact
A reflected XSS vulnerability in XWiki allows an attacker to send a victim to a URL with a deletion confirmation message on which the attacker-supplied script is executed when the victim clicks the "No" button. When the victim has admin or programming right, this allows the attacker to execute basically arbitrary actions on the XWiki installation including remote code execution.
### Patches
This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 16.10.10, 17.4.2 and 17.5.0 by using the affected URL parameter only in the intended context.
### Workarounds
The [patch](https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/cb578b1b2910d06e9dd7581077072d1cfbd280f2) can be manually applied to the templates that are prese
No detection rules found.
Nuclei
XWiki DeleteApplication - Cross-Site Scripting
nuclei·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2025-66472 [MEDIUM] XWiki DeleteApplication - Cross-Site Scripting
XWiki DeleteApplication - Cross-Site Scripting
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Versions 6.2-milestone-1 through 16.10.9 and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.4.1 of both XWiki Platform Flamingo Skin Resources and XWiki Platform Web Templates are vulnerable to a reflected XSS attack through a deletion confirmation message. The attacker-supplied script is executed when the victim clicks the "No" button. This issue is fixed in versions 16.10.10 and 17.4.2 of both XWiki Platform Flamingo Skin Resources and XWiki Platform Web Templates.
Template:
id: CVE-2025-66472
info:
name: XWiki DeleteApplication - Cross-Site Scripting
author: ritikchaddha
severity: medium
description: |
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runt
2025-12-10
Published