Improper access control in XWiki platform - CVE-2025-48063
Published: May 5, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU129876
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48063
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: XWiki
Affected software:
XWiki platform
XWiki platform
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in required rights enforcement in the authorization bridge when setting programming right as a required right on a document. A remote user can modify a document they can edit to set programming right as a required right and execute arbitrary code.
User interaction is required because a user with programming right must edit the document for the document content to gain programming right.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-48063
Install security update from vendor's website.