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GHSA-qj4x-9g63-25g6

HighCVSS 8.2 / 10
Published Jul 7, 2026·Last modified Jul 7, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

With Jetty 12+ a user can craft a URL to access any resource the Jetty instance is allowed to access.

For example http://[host]/xwiki/bin/skin/..%252f/..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252fetc/passwd allows downloading the content of the /etc/passwd file, provided Jetty is allowed to read it, and if your XWiki webapp is located exactly 5 levels below / (like /var/lib/jetty/webapps/xwiki, which is the case in the docker image, for example).

Another example which does not go out of the XWiki webapp, but it's still a vulnerability (since users should not be allowed to access Hibernate or XWiki configuration files) is http://[host]/xwiki/bin/skin/..%252f/..%252fWEB-INF/xwiki.cfg.

Patches

This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 17.10.5 and 18.2.0.

Workarounds

A possible workaround is to use a different application server, like Jetty < 12 (in the case of XWiki < 17) or Tomcat, which don't seem to be impacted.

Resources

  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-24075
  • https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3594

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Attribution

Lê Ngọc Khoa reported the vulnerability.

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.2

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability.

Threat Intelligence
4.6

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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