CVE-2025-32429: XWiki Platform vulnerable to SQL injection through getdeleteddocuments.vm template sort parameter

Should you act?

High exploit likelihood

EPSS ranks it in the top 5% of all CVEs for likely exploitation in the next 30 days. This signal is computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS data; it is not an editorial verdict.

• No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
• EPSS 87.9%, percentile 99.8: FIRST’s model estimates a 87.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs (very high). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
• Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
• Only applies if your dependency tree includes org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war (Maven) >= 9.4-rc-1, < 16.10.6, fixed in 16.10.6; org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war (Maven) >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.3.0-rc-1, fixed in 17.3.0-rc-1. Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

What it is

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In versions 9.4-rc-1 through 16.10.5 and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.2.2, it's possible for anyone to inject SQL using the parameter sort of the getdeleteddocuments.vm. It's injected as is as an ORDER BY value. This is fixed in versions 16.10.6 and 17.3.0-rc-1.

From the GitHub advisory

Impact

It's possible for anyone to inject SQL using the parameter sort of the getdeleteddocuments.vm. It's injected as is as an ORDER BY value.

One can see the result of the injection with http://127.0.0.1:8080/xwiki/rest/liveData/sources/liveTable/entries?sourceParams.template=getdeleteddocuments.vm&sort=injected (this example does not work, but it shows that an HQL query was executed with the passed value which look nothing like an order by value, without any kind of sanitation).

Patches

This has been patched in 17.3.0-rc-1, 16.10.6.

Weakness type: CWE-89.

Product: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war (Maven) · Assigned by: GitHub_M · Published: 2025-07-24

Affected and fixed versions

Severity scores

• Attack vector: network (remotely reachable)
• Attack complexity: low
• Attack requirements: none
• Privileges required: none (no login)
• User interaction: none

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Exploitation and urgency

• CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
• CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none, automatable yes, technical impact total.
• FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 87.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 99.8.

Timeline

• 2025-07-24 — CVE record published by GitHub_M
• 2025-07-24 — GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-vr59-gm53-v7cq published (critical)
• 2025-07-25 — CVE record last updated

Sources and references

Original sources first. Version and fix details should always be confirmed against the vendor or project advisory.

Vulnerability records

1. GitHub Advisory GHSA-vr59-gm53-v7cq github.com
2. CVE.org record CVE-2025-32429 cve.org
3. NVD entry CVE-2025-32429 nvd.nist.gov

Other references from the CVE record and advisory

1. github.com github.com
2. github.com github.com
3. github.com github.com
4. jira.xwiki.org jira.xwiki.org

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