Advisory record · GHSA-rhfv-688c-p6hp

XWiki Platform Security Authorization Bridge allows users with just edit right can enforce required rights with programming right

CVSS 4.8 MediumEPSS 0.010 · 64th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 21 May 2025, 18:26 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authorization-bridgeMaven>=16.10.0-rc-1, <16.10.4 || >=17.0.0-rc-1, <17.1.0-rc-116.10.4, 17.1.0-rc-1
Identifiers
GHSA-rhfv-688c-p6hp · CVE-2025-48063
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-285
Published
21 May 2025
Updated
21 May 2025

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Xwiki Platform Security Authorization Bridge versions 16.10.0 through before 16.10.4, and 17.0.0-rc-1 through before 17.1.0-rc-1, let any user with edit right on a document set the programming right as a required right. If a user with programming right then edits that document, its content can gain programming rights and run code remotely. Upgrade to 16.10.4 or 17.1.0-rc-1. No workaround is listed.

Written 7 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
4.8 Medium 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.010, the 64th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:11 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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