Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
XWiki's org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-webjars-api package is vulnerable in versions 7.1.4 up to 16.10.7 and 17.0.0-rc-1 up to 17.4.0-rc-1. A remote attacker can craft a URL to the webjars API and read configuration files, such as the WEB-INF xwiki.cfg file. Upgrade to 16.10.7 or 17.4.0-rc-1; the source lists no workaround other than upgrading. The org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-webjars package, versions 6.1-milestone-2 through 7.1.3, is also affected, and no fixed version is listed for it.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | Critical | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.018, the 78th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:20 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-qww7-89xh-x7m7
- OSV: GHSA-qww7-89xh-x7m7
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qww7-89xh-x7m7
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55747
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/9e7b4c03f2143978d891109a17159f73d4cdd318#diff-45ea9c87d5fb68cd5db0da7f78cf25e76f1325f5fe56e21618b21786fc706236R80-R81
- github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
- jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19350