CVE-2025-54125: Xwiki platform oldcore XWiki Exposes Passwords And Emails Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2025-54125 is a HIGH xwiki exposes passwords and emails vulnerability (CWE-359: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor) affecting Xwiki platform oldcore libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The issue involves xwiki exposes passwords and emails stored in fields not named password/email in xml.vm. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 16.4.7, 16.10.5, 17.2.0-rc-1.
CVE-2025-54125 at a Glance
How to Fix CVE-2025-54125
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Xwiki platform oldcore dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>xwiki-platform-oldcore</artifactId>
<version>16.4.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>xwiki-platform-oldcore</artifactId>
<version>16.10.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>xwiki-platform-oldcore</artifactId>
<version>17.2.0-rc-1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore</artifactId>
<version>16.4.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore</artifactId>
<version>16.10.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore</artifactId>
<version>17.2.0-rc-1</version>
</dependency>
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.xwiki.platform
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2025-54125, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.xwiki.platform
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Xwiki platform oldcore in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 16.4.7), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=org.xwiki.platform command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-359: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor, where the product does not properly prevent a person's private, personal information from being accessed by actors who either (1) are not explicitly authorized to access the information or (2) do not have the implicit consent of the person about whom the information is collected. In Xwiki platform oldcore, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2025-54125 Affected Xwiki platform oldcore Versions
6 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
|
Maven |
≥ 1.1
< 16.4.7
|
16.4.7
|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
|
Maven |
≥ 16.5.0-rc-1
< 16.10.5
|
16.10.5
|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore
|
Maven |
≥ 17.0.0-rc-1
< 17.2.0-rc-1
|
17.2.0-rc-1
|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore
|
Maven |
≥ 1.1
< 16.4.7
|
16.4.7
|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore
|
Maven |
≥ 16.5.0-rc-1
< 16.10.5
|
16.10.5
|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore
|
Maven |
≥ 17.0.0-rc-1
< 17.2.0-rc-1
|
17.2.0-rc-1
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-54125?
Which Xwiki platform oldcore versions are affected?
What version fixes CVE-2025-54125?
Is xwiki-platform-oldcore affected?
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What CWE is associated with CVE-2025-54125?
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
{
"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-57q2-6cp4-9mq3",
"modified" : "2025-08-06T14:31:28Z",
"published" : "2025-08-05T17:13:24Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2025-54125" ],
"summary" : "XWiki exposes passwords and emails stored in fields not named password/email in xml.vm",
"details" : "### Impact\nThe XML export of a page in XWiki that can be triggered by any user with view rights on a page by appending `?xpage=xml` to the URL includes password and email properties stored on a document that aren't named `password` or `email`. This allows any user to obtain the salted and hashed user account validation or password reset token. As those tokens are randomly generated strings, the immediate impact of this should be low. The user's password and email itself aren't exposed as those fields are named `password` and `email` and thus aren't affected. However, depending on how the wiki is used, there could be extensions or custom code that store passwords in plain text in such password properties that would be exposed by this vulnerability.\n\n### Patches\nThis vulnerability has been fixed by completely removing the output of password and email fields in this XML export in versions 17.2.0 RC1, 16.10.5 and 16.4.7.\n\n### Workarounds\nIf this XML export isn't needed, the file `templates/xml.vm` in the deployed WAR can be deleted. There isn't any feature in XWiki itself that depends on this XML export.",
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