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CVE-2025-53837
Published:September 18, 2026
Updated:October 09, 2026
XWiki Rendering is a generic rendering system that converts textual input in a given syntax (wiki syntax, HTML, etc) into another syntax (XHTML, etc). Prior to versions 14.10.2 and 15.0 RC1, any user who can edit their own user profile or any other document can execute arbitrary script macros including Groovy and Python macros that allow remote code execution including unrestricted read and write access to all wiki contents. The reason is that rendering output is included as content of HTML macros without further escaping and it is thus possible to close the HTML macro and inject script macros that are executed with programming rights. This has been patched in XWiki 14.10.2 and 15.0 RC1 by making sure that rendering output cannot close the surrounding HTML macro. A possible workaround is available. It is, in principle, possible to add escaping to all places where rendering output is used in wiki documents, but at the moment there is no list of them.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-rendering.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=xwiki-rendering-14.0-rc-1 <xwiki-rendering-14.10.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version xwiki-rendering-14.10.2
org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-xml (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=5.0-milestone-1 <14.10.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 14.10.2
org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-xml (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=14.0-rc-1 <14.10.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 14.10.2
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.64