# CVE-2025-32970: XWiki-Platform - Open Redirect

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2025-32970 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-2025-32970

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 6.1
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** XWiki-Platform
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect'))
- **Tags:** wiki

## Description

XWiki is a generic wiki platform. In versions starting from 13.5-rc-1 to before 15.10.13, from 16.0.0-rc-1 to before 16.4.4, and from 16.5.0-rc-1 to before 16.8.0, an open redirect vulnerability in the HTML conversion request filter allows attackers to construct URLs on an XWiki instance that redirects to any URL. This issue has been patched in versions 15.10.13, 16.4.4, and 16.8.0.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2025-32970](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2025-32970) is an open redirect vulnerability in XWiki Platform versions 13.5-rc-1 through 15.10.12, 16.0.0-rc-1 through 16.4.3, and 16.5.0-rc-1 through 16.7.9, which allows attackers to craft URLs that redirect users to arbitrary external sites. This flaw could be exploited for phishing attacks or to trick users into visiting malicious websites. The issue has been addressed in versions 15.10.13, 16.4.4, and 16.8.0.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 3rd of September 2025.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2025-32970 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.
Telemetry from the CrowdSec network also shows that exploitation activity for CVE-2025-32970 remains steady week-over-week. Attack volumes are consistent with long-term trends, indicating sustained interest from threat actors. CVE-2025-32970 continues to be an active part of the threat landscape and will likely remain this way for the forseeable future.

Attackers exploit the XWiki WYSIWYG API by sending requests to URLs containing `/xwiki/bin/view/Main/` with a crafted `xerror` parameter set to an external URL, enabling open redirect attacks. This technique is used to redirect users to malicious sites, often as part of phishing campaigns.

## Timeline

- 2025-04-30: CVE Published. CVE-2025-32970 is published to NVD.
- 2025-09-03: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2025-32970 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-09-03: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-32970 for the first time.

## References

- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-22487
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-pjhg-9wr9-rj96
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/commit/6dab7909f45deb00efd36a0cd47788e95ad64802
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-32970.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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