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CVE-2025-66472: XWiki vulnerable to a reflected XSS via xredirect parameter in DeleteApplication

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: yes
• Published: 2025-12-10 · updated 2026-09-25
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Versions 6.2-milestone-1 through 16.10.9 and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.4.1 of both XWiki Platform Flamingo Skin Resources and XWiki Platform Web Templates are vulnerable to a reflected XSS attack through a deletion confirmation message. The attacker-supplied script is executed when the victim clicks the "No" button. This issue is fixed in versions 16.10.10 and 17.4.2 of both XWiki Platform Flamingo Skin Resources and XWiki Platform Web Templates.

Affected products

• xwiki-platform: from 6.2 before 16.10.10; from 17.0.0 before 17.4.2 — fixed in 16.10.10, 17.4.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xwiki-platform 16.10.10, 17.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/cb578b1b2910d06e9dd7581077072d1cfbd280f2
• https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-7vpr-jm38-wr7w
• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23244

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