# CVE-2025-32429: XWiki-Platform - SQLi

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2025-32429 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2025-32429

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.3
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** XWiki-Platform
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'))
- **Tags:** wiki

## Description

XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In versions 9.4-rc-1 through 16.10.5 and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.2.2, it's possible for anyone to inject SQL using the parameter sort of the getdeleteddocuments.vm. It's injected as is as an ORDER BY value. This is fixed in versions 16.10.6 and 17.3.0-rc-1.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2025-32429](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2025-32429) is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in XWiki Platform versions 9.4-rc-1 through 16.10.5 and 17.0.0-rc-1 through 17.2.2, where the 'sort' parameter in getdeleteddocuments.vm is improperly handled. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL code, potentially leading to unauthorized data access, data manipulation, or full compromise of the underlying database.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 10th of September 2025.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2025-32429 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations.
Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2025-32429 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2025-32429 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

Attackers exploit the `/xwiki/rest/liveData/sources/liveTable/entries` endpoint by injecting malicious SQL statements into the `sort` parameter, often using the `sourceParams.template=getdeleteddocuments.vm` query string to trigger the vulnerability.

## Timeline

- 2025-07-24: CVE Published. CVE-2025-32429 is published to NVD.
- 2025-09-10: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2025-32429 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-11-03: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-32429 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/dfd0744e9c18d24ac66a0d261dc6cafd1c209101
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-23093
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-vr59-gm53-v7cq
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/f502b5d5fd36284a50890ad26d168b7d8dc80bd3
- https://github.com/rix4uni/cvemapping/blob/main/2025/CVE-2025-32429/exploit.c

## Live exploitation data

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