Vulnerabilities in pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-security-authorization-bridge
PACKAGECVE-2025-48063 is a MODERATE remote code execution vulnerability (CWE-285: Improper Authorization) affecting Xwiki platform security authorization bridge libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The issue involves xwiki platform security authorization bridge allows users with just edit right can enforce required rights with programming right. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 16.10.4, 17.1.0-rc-1.
pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-security-authorization-bridge
Vulnerability advisories affecting package pkg:maven/org.xwiki.platform/xwiki-platform-security-authorization-bridge. Select an advisory below to view technical details or fixes.
| Advisory ID | CVE / NVD | Severity | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-rhfv-688c-p6hp | CVE-2025-48063 | MODERATE | XWiki Platform Security Authorization Bridge allows users with just edit right can enforce required rights with programming right |
CVE-2025-48063 at a Glance
How to Fix CVE-2025-48063
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Xwiki platform security authorization bridge 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-security-authorization-bridge</artifactId>
<version>16.10.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xwiki.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>xwiki-platform-security-authorization-bridge</artifactId>
<version>17.1.0-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-2025-48063, 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 security authorization bridge in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 16.10.4), 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-285: Improper Authorization, where the product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. In Xwiki platform security authorization bridge, 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-2025-48063 Affected Xwiki platform security authorization bridge Versions
2 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authorization-bridge
|
Maven |
≥ 16.10.0-rc-1
< 16.10.4
|
16.10.4
|
|
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-security-authorization-bridge
|
Maven |
≥ 17.0.0-rc-1
< 17.1.0-rc-1
|
17.1.0-rc-1
|
References
Frequently Asked Questions
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-rhfv-688c-p6hp",
"modified" : "2025-05-21T19:41:18Z",
"published" : "2025-05-21T18:26:21Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2025-48063" ],
"summary" : "XWiki Platform Security Authorization Bridge allows users with just edit right can enforce required rights with programming right",
"details" : "### Impact\nIn XWiki 16.10.0, required rights were introduced as a way to limit which rights a document can have. Part of the security model of required rights is that a user who doesn't have a right also cannot define that right as required right. That way, users who are editing documents on which required rights are enforced can be sure that they're not giving a right to a script or object that it didn't have before. A bug in the implementation of the enforcement of this rule means that in fact, it was possible for any user with edit right on a document to set programming right as required right. If then a user with programming right edited that document, the content of that document would gain programming right, allowing remote code execution. This thereby defeats most of the security benefits of required rights. As XWiki still performs the required rights analysis when a user edits a page even when required rights are enforced, the user with programming right would still be warned about the dangerous content unless the attacker managed to bypass this check (see, e.g., https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-c32m-27pj-4xcj). Note also that none of the affected versions include a UI for enabling the enforcing of required rights so it seems unlikely that anybody relied on them for security in the affected versions. As this vulnerability provides no additional attack surface unless all documents in the wiki enforce required rights, we consider the impact of this attack to be low even though gaining programming right could have a high impact.\n\n### Patches\nThis vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 16.10.4 and 17.1.0RC1.\n\n### Workarounds\nWe're not aware of any workarounds except for upgrading.",
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