CVE-2026-40104
Published: Apr 15, 2026
Modified: Apr 16, 2026
Description
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. Versions 1.8-rc-1, 17.0.0-rc-1 and 17.5.0-rc-1 and prior include a resource exhaustion vulnerability in REST API endpoints such as /xwiki/rest/wikis/xwiki/spaces/AnnotationCode/pages/AnnotationConfig/objects/AnnotationCode.AnnotationConfig/0/properties, which list all available pages as part of the metadata for database list properties without applying query limits. On large wikis, this can exhaust available server resources. This issue has been patched in versions 16.10.16, 17.4.8 and 17.10.1.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
xwiki | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-oldcore | affected >= 1.8-rc-1, < 16.10.16affected >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.8affected >= 17.5.0-rc-1, < 17.10.1 |
xwiki | org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-legacy-oldcore | affected >= 1.8-rc-1, < 16.10.16affected >= 17.0.0-rc-1, < 17.4.8affected >= 17.5.0-rc-1, < 17.10.1 |
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