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CVE-2024-56158: XWiki allows SQL injection in query endpoint of REST API with Oracle

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-06-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. It's possible to execute any SQL query in Oracle by using the function like DBMS_XMLGEN or DBMS_XMLQUERY. The XWiki query validator does not sanitize functions that would be used in a simple select and Hibernate allows using any native function in an HQL query. This vulnerability is fixed in 16.10.2, 16.4.7, and 15.10.16.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 1.0 before 15.10.16; from 16.0.0 before 16.4.7; from 16.5.0 before 16.10.2 — fixed in 15.10.16, 16.10.2, 16.4.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 15.10.16, 16.10.2, 16.4.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ce855aae38eefd8ee3fc86353d51ac03d6cb7f8d
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-prwh-7838-xf82
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22734

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