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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2025-53835 EUVD-2025-21399GHSA-w3wh-g4m9-783p

XWiki Rendering is vulnerable to XSS attacks through insecure XHTML syntax

Published Jul 14, 2025 · Updated Jul 15, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

XWiki Rendering is a generic rendering system that converts textual input in a given syntax (wiki syntax, HTML, etc) into another syntax (XHTML, etc). Starting in version 5.4.5 and prior to version 14.10, the XHTML syntax depended on the `xdom+xml/current` syntax which allows the creation of raw blocks that permit the insertion of arbitrary HTML content including JavaScript. This allows XSS attacks for users who can edit a document like their user profile (enabled by default). This has been fixed in version 14.10 by removing the dependency on the `xdom+xml/current` syntax from the XHTML syntax. Note that the `xdom+xml` syntax is still vulnerable to this attack. As it's main purpose is testing and its use is quite difficult, this syntax shouldn't be installed or used on a regular wiki. There are no known workarounds apart from upgrading.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
xwiki xwiki-rendering >= 5.4.5, < 14.10 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.xwiki.rendering:xwiki-rendering-syntax-xhtml >= 5.4.5, < 14.10 14.10 GHSA-w3wh-g4m9-783p

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