What should an XWiki security review include
A practical overview of what to review in an XWiki instance: version status, access rights, authentication, extensions, custom code, infrastructure, backups and operations.
Resources
Last modified by Agnease on 2026/06/02 11:00
XWiki resources
XWiki resources for upgrades, security and maintainability
Practical articles for teams that want to keep XWiki secure, upgradeable and easier to maintain over time.
Useful XWiki resources
Focused guidance for production XWiki platforms, covering upgrade planning, custom development, maintainability and safer long-term evolution.
Why upgrade your XWiki instance
A practical explanation of why regular XWiki upgrades matter for security, stability, extension compatibility and long-term maintenance.
How to customize XWiki safely
Guidance for organizing XWiki custom code, scripts, templates and extensions so they remain easier to maintain across upgrades.
More practical XWiki topics coming soon
This section will expand the XWiki security review series with focused topics such as access rights, authentication, script and programming rights, backup validation, extension review and operational practices.
The goal is to publish useful guidance that helps teams make better decisions before an upgrade, customization, migration or long-term maintenance engagement.
- Access rights governance How to keep XWiki groups, inherited permissions, restricted areas and page-level exceptions understandable over time.
- Authentication and access control Why SSO, LDAP, OIDC, SAML and MFA should be reviewed together with XWiki groups, rights and fallback access.
- Backup and restore validation Why backups are only useful when restore expectations, included data and recovery steps are clearly understood.
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