CVE-2025-24853: Apache JSPWiki Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability via Header Link Rendering

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-24853 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-24853 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2025-24853?

Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 31 July 2025.

Which products and versions are affected?

org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.12.3; org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-markdown (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.12.3.

Is there a fix for CVE-2025-24853?

Yes. org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main (Maven): upgrade to 2.12.3 or later; org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-markdown (Maven): upgrade to 2.12.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

Am I affected by CVE-2025-24853?

Check whether you run org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main (Maven) or org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-markdown (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

• org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main (Maven): upgrade to 2.12.3 or later

  # set org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main to 2.12.3 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

• org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-markdown (Maven): upgrade to 2.12.3 or later

  # set org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-markdown to 2.12.3 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

• org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.12.3
• org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-markdown (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.12.3

Identifiers

• CVE-2025-24853
• GHSA-rrff-chj9-w4c7