CVE-2025-32971: Xwiki platform search solr api Solr Script Service Doesn't Take Vulnerability
LOWCVE-2025-32971 is a LOW (CVSS 3.8) solr script service doesn't take vulnerability (CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization) affecting Xwiki platform search solr api libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The issue involves solr script service doesn't take dropped programming right into account. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 15.10.13, 16.4.4, 16.8.0-rc-1.
CVE-2025-32971 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 3.8
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L).
How to Fix CVE-2025-32971
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Xwiki platform search solr api 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-search-solr-api</artifactId>
<version>15.10.13</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>xwiki-platform-search-solr-api</artifactId>
<version>16.4.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>xwiki-platform-search-solr-api</artifactId>
<version>16.8.0-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-2025-32971, 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 search solr api in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 15.10.13), 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-863: Incorrect Authorization, where the product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. In Xwiki platform search solr api, 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-2025-32971 Affected Xwiki platform search solr api Versions
3 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-solr-api
|
Maven |
≥ 4.5.1
< 15.10.13
|
15.10.13
|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-solr-api
|
Maven |
≥ 16.0.0-rc-1
< 16.4.4
|
16.4.4
|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-search-solr-api
|
Maven |
≥ 16.5.0-rc-1
< 16.8.0-rc-1
|
16.8.0-rc-1
|
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
{
"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-987p-r3jc-8c8v",
"modified" : "2025-04-30T17:29:21Z",
"published" : "2025-04-29T13:59:45Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2025-32971" ],
"summary" : "Solr script service doesn't take dropped programming right into account",
"details" : "### Impact\nThe Solr script service that is accessible in XWiki's scripting API normally requires programming right to be called. Due to using the wrong API for checking rights, it doesn't take the fact into account that programming rights might have been dropped by calling `$xcontext.dropPermissions()`. If some code relies on this for the safety of executing Velocity code with the wrong author context, this could allow a user with script right to either cause a high load by indexing documents or to temporarily remove documents from the search index. We're not aware that this is exploitable in XWiki itself.\n\nTo reproduce, a user with programming right can add the following XWiki syntax to a page:\n```\n{{velocity}}\n$xcontext.dropPermissions()\n$services.solr.index('document:xwiki:Main.WebHome')\n{{/velocity}} \n```\n\nThis should trigger an error in XWiki's log, otherwise the installation is vulnerable.\n\n### Patches\nThis has been patched in XWiki 15.10.13, 16.8.0RC1, and 16.4.4.\n\n### Workarounds\nWe're not aware of any workarounds apart from being careful whom you grant script right.",
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"url" : "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/6570f40f976aec82baf388b5239d1412cab238c9"
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"url" : "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform"
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"database_specific" : {
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"severity" : "LOW",
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