CVE-2025-49583
XWiki provides no warning when granting XWiki.Notifications.Code.NotificationEmailRendererClass admin right
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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Blast Radius
org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-notifiers-default☕org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-notifiers-default☕org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-notifiers-defaultReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
XWiki is a generic wiki platform. When a user without script right creates a document with an XWiki.Notifications.Code.NotificationEmailRendererClass object, and later an admin edits and saves that document, the email templates in this object will be used for notifications. No malicious code can be executed, though, as while these templates allow Velocity code, the existing generic analyzer already warns admins before editing Velocity code. The main impact would thus be to send spam, e.g., with phishing links to other users or to hide notifications about other attacks. Note that warnings before editing documents with dangerous properties have only been introduced in XWiki 15.9, before that version, this was a known issue and the advice was simply to be careful. This has been patched in XWiki 16.10.2, 16.4.7 and 15.10.16 by adding an analysis for the respective XClass properties.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-notifiers-default | all versions | 15.10.16 |
| ☕Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-notifiers-default | ≥ 16.0.0-rc-1&&< 16.4.7 | 16.4.7 |
| ☕Maven | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-notifiers-default | ≥ 16.5.0-rc-1&&< 16.10.2 | 16.10.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-notifiers-default. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-notifications-notifiers-default to 15.10.16 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-49583 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2025-49583 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2025-49583. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-49583 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2025-49583 across Maven dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.