Unauthenticated SQL execution via incomplete HQL validation
Published Apr 23, 2025 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
SQL injection in XWiki Platform allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary database statements through an unauthenticated REST query. The REST query resource passes the attacker-controlled q parameter as short-form HQL, while the validator accepts that form without parsing the completed SELECT, allowing backend-specific syntax to escape into SQL. No authentication or user interaction is required, even on private wikis; successful requests can extract password hashes and, depending on the database, insert, update, or delete data.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in XWiki Platform allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary database statements through an unauthenticated REST query. The REST query resource passes the attacker-controlled q parameter as short-form HQL, while the validator accepts that form without parsing the completed SELECT, allowing backend-specific syntax to escape into SQL. No authentication or user interaction is required, even on private wikis; successful requests can extract password hashes and, depending on the database, insert, update, or delete data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-32969
- Published
- Apr 23, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- CryptPad
- Product
- XWiki Platform
- Classifications
- CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 23, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=>= 16.0.0-rc-1, < 16.4.6
- Affected versionversion=>= 16.5.0-rc-1, < 16.10.1
- Affected versionversion=>= 1.8, < 15.10.16
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Upstream REST query SQL injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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