CVE-2025-54125
Xwiki 1.1 – 16.4.7
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2025-54125 is a high-severity Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CWE-359) vulnerability in Xwiki Xwiki. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked in the top 32% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-21 (Information Sharing) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
XWiki Platform Legacy Old Core and Old Core contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the XML export feature. Affected versions span 1.1 through 16.4.6, 16.5.0-rc-1 through 16.10.4, and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.1.0. When a page URL is accessed with the parameter ?xpage=xml, the export includes password and email properties stored on documents even when those properties are not literally named password or email, exposing data that should remain restricted.
Any user possessing view rights on a page can trigger the export without further authentication or interaction, resulting in unauthorized retrieval of sensitive credential and contact information stored in XWiki documents. The CVSS 8.7 rating reflects network-accessible, high-impact confidentiality loss with no required privileges or user interaction.
Official advisories and the accompanying patch direct administrators to upgrade to 16.4.7, 16.10.5, or 17.2.0-rc-1. As a temporary workaround, the file templates/xml.vm can be removed from the deployed WAR when XML export functionality is not required; the project notes that no core XWiki feature depends on this export mechanism. The referenced GitHub commit and XWIKI-22810 entries document the precise code change that prevents leakage of non-standard password and email fields.
EPSS rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0252 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current value of 0.0074, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest following public disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-23670
Vulnerability Data
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. XWiki Platform Legacy Old Core and XWiki Platform Old Core versions 1.1 through 16.4.6, 16.5.0-rc-1 through 16.10.4 and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.1.0, the XML…
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export of a page in XWiki that can be triggered by any user with view rights on a page by appending ?xpage=xml to the URL includes password and email properties stored on a document that aren't named password or email. This is fixed in versions 16.4.7, 16.10.5 and 17.2.0-rc-1. To work around this issue, the file templates/xml.vm in the deployed WAR can be deleted if the XML isn't needed. There isn't any feature in XWiki itself that depends on the XML export.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
V10.3.5V10.7.2
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces authorizations so that PII is not reachable by unauthorized actors.
Requires explicit verification that a recipient's authorizations match the sensitivity of shared PII.
Limits granted rights to the minimum needed, reducing the set of actors who can reach private data.
Documents the legal or consent basis required before any processing of PII occurs.
Implements consent mechanisms that directly block access absent the individual's permission.
Encrypts or otherwise protects stored PII against unauthorized retrieval.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
CWE-359 does not impair RC.CO-04's ability to issue approved public recovery updates, yet any resulting PII exposure can partially undermine the outcome's overall efficacy and trust.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Masking or anonymizing personal identifiers limits the amount of private personal information that can be disclosed through application outputs or logs.
Monitoring and quarantining outbound messages that contain personal or private data directly reduces the chance that such information will be disclosed to unauthorized recipients.
The explicit prohibition on copying personally identifiable information into development and test environments directly lowers the exposure of private personal data to staff or processes that should not see it.
Labeling, chain-of-custody, and access-control requirements limit the exposure of private personal information during any transfer method.
Mandating privacy procedures and a designated privacy officer helps ensure that private personal information is not disclosed without proper authorization or necessity.
The agreements impose enforceable restrictions on the handling of private personal information, thereby decreasing the risk that such data will be exposed to unauthorized parties.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Ubuntu 22.04 (1 rule)
- V-260531 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must configure the SSH daemon to use FIPS 140-3-approved ciphers to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information and/or detect changes to information during transmission. prevents CWE-359
Ubuntu 24.04 (1 rule)
- V-270670 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS must configure the SSH client to use FIPS 140-3 approved ciphers to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of information and/or detect changes to information during transmission. prevents CWE-359