XWiki Exploit: Crypto Miners Turn Open Source Wiki into Digital Goldmine!
Watch out, XWiki users! A vulnerability in the platform, CVE-2025-24893, is being exploited by crypto-miners. Hackers are turning your wiki into their own digital gold mine. Remember, nothing says “Welcome to the Internet” quite like an unexpected mining operation on your server!
Hot Take:
Ah, XWiki – the online encyclopedia for all things knowledge-sharing has taken an unexpected turn down Crypto Chaos Lane! Who needs Wikipedia when you can turn your wiki into a virtual piggy bank for cryptocurrency miners? With a critical vulnerability and a CVSS score of 9.8, XWiki has unwittingly become the “X” marks the spot for cyber pirates looking to mine some digital doubloons. Avast, ye sysadmins! It’s time to batten down the hatches and patch those servers before your CPU gets hijacked for the digital gold rush!
Key Points:
– XWiki’s vulnerability, CVE-2025-24893, has a critical CVSS score of 9.8.
– Attackers can remotely execute arbitrary code using the SolrSearch macro.
– The flaw was reported in May 2024 and patched in June 2024.
– VulnCheck observed active exploitation for cryptocurrency mining.
– The attacks originate from Vietnam and involve a two-pass workflow.