CVE-2025-52472: XWiki Platform is vulnerable to HQL injection via wiki and space search REST API

CVE-2025-52472 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-10-06

XWiki Platform is vulnerable to HQL injection via wiki and space search REST API

Technologies: org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-52472 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-52472 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-52472?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 6 October 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=17.0.0-rc-1,fixed=17.4.2.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-52472?
Yes. org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server (Maven): upgrade to 17.4.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-52472?
Check whether you run org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server (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.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server (Maven): upgrade to 17.4.2 or later
    # set org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server to 17.4.2 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-rest-server (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=17.0.0-rc-1,fixed=17.4.2

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-52472
  • GHSA-gprp-h92g-gc2h

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