What is CVE-2025-31487?

CVE-2025-31487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xwiki-Contrib Jira, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2025-04-03.

How severe is CVE-2025-31487?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

XXE in Xwiki-Contrib Jira

CVE-2025-31487

The XWiki JIRA extension provides various integration points between XWiki and JIRA (macros, UI, CKEditor plugin). If the JIRA macro is installed, any logged in XWiki user could edit his/her user profile wiki page and use that JIRA macro, specifying a fake JIRA URL that returns an XML specifying a DOCTYPE pointing to a local file on the XWiki server host and displaying that file's content in one of the returned JIRA fields (such as the summary or description for example). The vulnerability has been patched in the JIRA Extension v8.6.5.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.004 (29.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Xwiki-contrib Jira — versions >= 4.2, < 8.5.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-31487?: CVE-2025-31487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xwiki-Contrib Jira, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2025-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2025-31487?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.