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.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2025-55747 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting. Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2025-55747 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2025-55747 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

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.