CVE-2025-52472 — exposed on the internet

CVE-2025-52472: CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') in xwiki xwiki-platform

Internet exposure observed by OffSeq scans · last 30 days

Found on 1 internet-exposed hosts by OffSeq scans; no in-the-wild exploitation has been observed against OffSeq honeypots in this window.

About CVE-2025-52472

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Starting in version 4.3-milestone-1 and prior to versions 16.10.9, 17.4.2, and 17.5.0, the REST search URL is vulnerable to HQL injection via the `orderField` parameter. The specified value is added twice in the query, though, once in the field list for the select and once in the order clause, so it's not that easy to exploit. The part of the query between the two fields can be enclosed in single quotes to effectively remove them, but the query still needs to remain valid with the query two times in it. This has been patched in versions 17.5.0, 17.4.2, and 16.10.9. No known workarounds are available.

Vendor: xwikiCWE-89

OffSeq internet scanning found CVE-2025-52472 on 1 exposed hosts in the last 30 days. OffSeq honeypots have not recorded in-the-wild exploitation of this CVE in the current window — this page tracks its exposure footprint and status; if exploitation begins, the live honeypot signal will appear here.

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