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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-24853-apache-jspwiki-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-via-header  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-07-31  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-24853 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-07-31

Apache JSPWiki Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability via Header Link Rendering

Technologies: [org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-apache-jspwiki-jspwiki-main). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## 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

  ```sh
  # 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

  ```sh
  # 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

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