CVE-2025-55748 PoC — XWiki Platform's configuration files can be accessed through jsx and sx endpoints

Source

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-55748.yaml

Associated Vulnerability

Title: XWiki Platform's configuration files can be accessed through jsx and sx endpoints (CVE-2025-55748)
Description:XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In versions 4.2-milestone-2 through 16.10.6, configuration files are accessible through jsx and sx endpoints. It's possible to access and read configuration files by using URLs such as `http://localhost:8080/bin/ssx/Main/WebHome?resource=../../WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg&minify=false`. This is fixed in version 16.10.7.

Description

XWiki Platform 4.2-milestone-2 through 16.10.6 contains a path traversal caused by improper access control in jsx and sx endpoints, letting remote attackers read configuration files, exploit requires no special privileges.

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