CVE-2025-23025

Privilege escalation (PR) through realtime WYSIWYG editing in XWiki

HIGH
8
CVSS Score
Published: January 14, 2025 at 05:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:51 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXwiki

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Severity
HIGH8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. NOTE: The Realtime WYSIWYG Editor extension was **experimental**, and thus **not recommended**, in the versions affected by this vulnerability. It has become enabled by default, and thus recommended, starting with XWiki 16.9.0. A user with only **edit right** can join a realtime editing session where others, that where already there or that may join later, have **script** or **programming** access rights. This user can then insert **script rendering macros** that are executed for those users in the realtime session that have script or programming rights. The inserted scripts can be used to gain more access rights. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10.2, 16.4.1 and 16.6.0-rc-1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may either disable the realtime WYSIWYG editing by disabling the ``xwiki-realtime`` CKEditor plugin from the WYSIWYG editor administration section or uninstall the Realtime WYSIWYG Editorextension (org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-realtime-wysiwyg-ui).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 15.10.12v < 16.4.1v < 16.6.0-rc-113.9 ≤ v < 15.10.1216.0.0 ≤ v < 16.4.116.5.016.5.0 rc1
Affected range stops below 15.10.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.6.0-rc-1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862

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