XWiki-Platform - Path Traversal (CVE-2025-55747)

CVE-2025-55747 is a critical vulnerability in XWiki Platform versions 6.1-milestone-2 through 16.10.6, where configuration files are exposed via the webjars API. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access sensitive configuration data, potentially leading to further compromise of the application or underlying infrastructure.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 26th of November 2025.

Based on data from the CrowdSec network, nearly all observed exploitation of CVE-2025-55747 is fully opportunistic, with attackers indiscriminately scanning the entire internet. These attacks are automated and lack any form of target selection or reconnaissance. CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2025-55747 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Attackers exploit the /xwiki/webjars/ endpoint with encoded directory traversal sequences (e.g., %2F..%2F..%2F..%2F..%2FWEB-INF%2Fxwiki.cfg) to access sensitive configuration files such as xwiki.cfg.