Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Prior to 17.10.5 and 18.2.0, the /skin/ action in com.xpn.xwiki.web.SkinAction can resolve double-encoded parent-directory segments outside the intended skin or web-application resource prefix when Jetty 12 or later decodes the request path. The affected lookup is replaced with Environment.getResourceAsStream(String, String), which constrains a resource to its expected prefix. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use the vulnerable behavior to read arbitrary resources permitted to the Jetty process, including WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg and, depending on deployment depth and operating-system permissions, host files. Tomcat and Jetty versions before 12 do not appear affected. This issue is fixed in versions 17.10.5 and 18.2.0.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| xwiki | xwiki-platform | < 17.10.5; >= 18.0.0-rc-1, < 18.2.0 |
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-commons/pull/1675
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/79eba8655f3a96021a8e7ad07956e48d20a82383
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f7b33704083d3b4e45d1b9fc1e2cc33c66855f85
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-17.10.5
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/releases/tag/xwiki-platform-18.2.0
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qj4x-9g63-25g6
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-3594
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-24075
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 14, 2026
- Last modified
- Sep 30, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred