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CVE-2025-58049: XWiki PDF export jobs store sensitive cookies unencrypted in job statuses

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-08-28 · updated 2026-09-26
• Weakness: CWE-212

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In versions from 14.4.2 to before 16.4.8, 16.5.0-rc-1 to before 16.10.7, and 17.0.0-rc-1 to before 17.4.0-rc-1, the PDF export jobs store sensitive cookies unencrypted in job statuses. XWiki shouldn't store passwords in plain text, and it shouldn't be possible to gain access to plain text passwords by gaining access to, e.g., a backup of the data directory. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 16.4.8, 16.10.7, and 17.4.0-rc-1.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 14.4.2 before 16.4.8; from 16.5.0 before 16.10.7; from 17.0.0 through 17.3.0 — fixed in 16.10.7, 16.4.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 16.10.7, 16.4.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/60982ad0057b1701ed8297f28cad35d170686539
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-9m7c-m33f-3429
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23151

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