CVE-2025-49586

Description

### Impact Any XWiki user with edit right on at least one App Within Minutes application (the default for all users XWiki) can obtain programming right/perform remote code execution by editing the application. The detailed reproduction steps can be found in the [original bug report](https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22719). ### Patches This vulnerability has been fixed in XWiki 17.0.0, 16.4.7, and 16.10.3. ### Workarounds Restricting edit rights on all existing App Within Minutes applications to trusted users mitigates at least the PoC exploit, but we can't exclude that there are other ways to exploit this vulnerability.

How to fix CVE-2025-49586

To remediate CVE-2025-49586, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 16.4.7 or later

Is CVE-2025-49586 being exploited?

Moderate — EPSS is 9.2%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.

Affected packages (1)

• >= 7.2-milestone-2, < 16.4.7

CVSS scores

References (5)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49586
• PATCHgithub.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform
• WEBgithub.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/ef978315649cf83eae396021bb33603a1a5f7e42
• WEBgithub.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-jp4x-w9cj-97q7