Relative Path Traversal in XWiki platform - CVE-2025-55747
Published: May 5, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU129891
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-55747
CWE-ID: CWE-23
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 attacker to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to relative path traversal in the webjars API when handling crafted webjars URLs with encoded path separators. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to disclose sensitive information.
Configuration files can be accessed through traversal outside the intended directory.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-55747
Install security update from vendor's website.