CVE-2025-53837
CRITICALDescription
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.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
EPSS data unavailable for this CVE.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-24893 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2024-36401 | Critical | 9.8 | 100% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2026-33017 | Critical | 9.8 | 96% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2024-21650 | Critical | 10.0 | 93% | - | - |
| CVE-2023-37462 | Critical | 9.9 | 92% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2024-7954 | Critical | 9.8 | 90% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2025-53837?
Upgrade org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-xml to 14.10.2 or later.
How severe is CVE-2025-53837?
CVE-2025-53837 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2025-53837 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-xml (Maven (Java)). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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