CVE-2025-48885
XWiki URL Shortener Unauthenticated Page Creation Vulnerability
Description
application-urlshortener create shortened URLs for XWiki pages. Versions prior to 1.2.4 are vulnerable to users with view access being able to create arbitrary pages. Any user (even guests) can create these docs, even if they don't exist already. This can enable guest users to denature the structure of wiki pages, by creating 1000's of pages with random name, that then become very difficult to handle by admins. Version 1.2.4 fixes the issue. No known workarounds are available.
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Published Date :
May 30, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 30, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 30, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description application-urlshortener create shortened URLs for XWiki pages. Versions prior to 1.2.4 are vulnerable to users with view access being able to create arbitrary pages. Any user (even guests) can create these docs, even if they don't exist already. This can enable guest users to denature the structure of wiki pages, by creating 1000's of pages with random name, that then become very difficult to handle by admins. Version 1.2.4 fixes the issue. No known workarounds are available. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CWE CWE-352 Added Reference https://github.com/xwikisas/application-urlshortener/commit/f121a9c973fd25948e82efcb6289d53fe00a9e7d Added Reference https://github.com/xwikisas/application-urlshortener/security/advisories/GHSA-c57g-9v2r-w8v3
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