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CVE-2025-66472

MEDIUM

XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication

Published December 10, 2025Updated December 11, 2025Source: osv

Summary

### 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 present in the WAR. A restart of XWiki is needed for the changes to be applied.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates to 17.4.2 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 17.4.2 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources to 16.10.10 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 16.10.10 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources to 17.4.2 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 17.4.2 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources -->
Maven
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates to 16.10.10 or later
<!-- Update pom.xml dependency version to 16.10.10 for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates -->

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (4)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
maven
All versions17.4.2
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources
maven
All versions16.10.10
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources
maven
All versions17.4.2
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates
maven
All versions16.10.10

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.6 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
P
Scope
—
Confidentiality
—
Integrity
—
Availability
—

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-66472?
XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 9.6/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2025-66472?
CVE-2025-66472 affects org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-web-templates and org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-flamingo-skin-resources. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2025-66472 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.6

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-7vpr-jm38-wr7w

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