CVE-2025-53835 (GCVE-0-2025-53835)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-14 23:00
Modified
2025-07-15 19:49
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
XWiki Rendering is a generic rendering system that converts textual input in a given syntax (wiki syntax, HTML, etc) into another syntax (XHTML, etc). Starting in version 5.4.5 and prior to version 14.10, the XHTML syntax depended on the `xdom+xml/current` syntax which allows the creation of raw blocks that permit the insertion of arbitrary HTML content including JavaScript. This allows XSS attacks for users who can edit a document like their user profile (enabled by default). This has been fixed in version 14.10 by removing the dependency on the `xdom+xml/current` syntax from the XHTML syntax. Note that the `xdom+xml` syntax is still vulnerable to this attack. As it's main purpose is testing and its use is quite difficult, this syntax shouldn't be installed or used on a regular wiki. There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading.
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| xwiki | xwiki-rendering |
Version: >= 5.4.5, < 14.10 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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