What is CVE-2025-24893?

CVE-2025-24893 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Eval Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-02-20.

How severe is CVE-2025-24893?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-24893 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2025-24893 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-10-30), indicating it is being actively exploited. 70 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

RCE in Xwiki

CVE-2025-24893

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Any guest can perform arbitrary remote code execution through a request to `SolrSearch`. This impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the whole XWiki installation. To reproduce on an instance, without being logged in, go to `<host>/xwiki/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7D%7D%7D%7B%7Basync%20async%3Dfalse%7D%7D%7B%7Bgroovy%7D%7Dprintln%28"Hello%20from"%20%2B%20"%20search%20text%3A"%20%2B%20%2823%20%2B%2019%29%29%7B%7B%2Fgroovy%7D%7D%7B%7B%2Fasync%7D%7D%20`. If there is an output, and the title of the RSS feed contains `Hello from search text:42`, then the instance is vulnerable. This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 15.10.11, 16.4.1 and 16.5.0RC1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may edit `Main.SolrSearchMacros` in `SolrSearchMacros.xml` on line 955 to match the `rawResponse` macro in `macros.vm#L2824` with a content type of `application/xml`, instead of simply outputting the content of the feed.

EPSS: 0.999 (100.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Xwiki — versions 5.3
Xwiki Xwiki-platform — versions >= 5.3-milestone-2, < 15.10.11, >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.4.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2025-10-30. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2025-11-20.

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-24893?: CVE-2025-24893 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xwiki, classified under Eval Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-02-20.
How severe is CVE-2025-24893?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-24893 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2025-24893 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-10-30), indicating it is being actively exploited. 70 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.