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1 -{{velocity}}
2 -#set ($discard = $xwiki.ssx.use('PublicWebSite.WebHome'))
3 -{{html clean="false"}}
4 - ## PAGE HEADER
5 - <section class="hero hero-centered" aria-labelledby="hero-title">
6 - <div class="container hero-inner">
7 - <div class="hero-kicker">
8 - <i class="fa fa-shield" aria-hidden="true"></i>
9 - XWiki security review
10 - </div>
11 - <h1 id="hero-title">Security-aware review for XWiki production environments</h1>
12 - <p class="lead">
13 - Review XWiki versions, extensions, permissions, authentication, configuration and upgrade exposure
14 - to identify practical security risks and define safer next steps.
15 - </p>
16 - <div class="hero-actions">
17 - <a class="btn btn-primary" href="$xwiki.getURL('contact.WebHome')">Request a security review</a>
18 - <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="#security-review-process">See the review approach</a>
19 - </div>
20 - </div>
21 - </section>
22 - ## WHY SECURITY REVIEW MATTERS
23 - #set ($securityReasonItems = [{
24 - 'title': 'Understand upgrade exposure',
25 - 'icon': 'refresh',
26 - 'content': 'Older XWiki versions can miss important fixes, including security-related fixes that should be reviewed against your current platform state.',
27 - 'items': [
28 - 'Current version review',
29 - 'Upgrade gap assessment',
30 - 'LTS upgrade recommendations'
31 - ]
32 - },{
33 - 'title': 'Review powerful rights',
34 - 'icon': 'key',
35 - 'content': 'Rights such as admin, programming, script and edit rights can affect the security of the whole platform when granted too broadly.',
36 - 'items': [
37 - 'Admin and programming rights',
38 - 'Script and edit rights',
39 - 'Space and page permission inheritance'
40 - ]
41 - },{
42 - 'title': 'Check access boundaries',
43 - 'icon': 'lock',
44 - 'content': 'Authentication, group synchronization and permissions should match the real access boundaries expected by the organization.',
45 - 'items': [
46 - 'Authentication configuration',
47 - 'Group and user model',
48 - 'Restricted content visibility'
49 - ]
50 - }])
51 - <section aria-labelledby="why-security-title">
52 - <div class="container">
53 - <h2 id="why-security-title">Why review the security of an XWiki instance?</h2>
54 - <p class="section-intro">
55 - XWiki often contains internal documentation, procedures, customer information, project knowledge,
56 - workflows and restricted business data. Security depends not only on the XWiki version, but also on
57 - extensions, authentication, user rights, scripting, configuration and operational practices.
58 - </p>
59 - <div class="pathways">
60 - #foreach ($entry in $securityReasonItems)
61 - <article class="pathway-card">
62 - <div class="card-heading">
63 - <div class="pathway-icon">
64 - <i class="fa fa-$entry.icon" aria-hidden="true"></i>
65 - </div>
66 - <h3>$entry.title</h3>
67 - </div>
68 - <p>$entry.content</p>
69 - <ul>
70 - #foreach ($item in $entry.items)
71 - <li>$item</li>
72 - #end
73 - </ul>
74 - </article>
75 - #end
76 - </div>
77 - </div>
78 - </section>
79 - ## COMMON REVIEW AREAS
80 - #set ($securityReviewAreaItems = [{
81 - 'title': 'XWiki version and upgrade status',
82 - 'icon': 'code-fork',
83 - 'content': 'Review of the current version, distance from supported releases, upgrade history and recommended update path.'
84 - },{
85 - 'title': 'Installed extensions',
86 - 'icon': 'puzzle-piece',
87 - 'content': 'Review of installed extensions, compatibility concerns, outdated components and potentially sensitive features.'
88 - },{
89 - 'title': 'Powerful user rights',
90 - 'icon': 'user-secret',
91 - 'content': 'Review of admin, programming, script, edit and application-related rights that may increase platform risk.'
92 - },{
93 - 'title': 'Authentication configuration',
94 - 'icon': 'sign-in',
95 - 'content': 'Review of login method, LDAP/AD, SSO, OIDC, SAML, MFA, user creation and group synchronization behavior.'
96 - },{
97 - 'title': 'Permissions and visibility',
98 - 'icon': 'lock',
99 - 'content': 'Review of access rights, inheritance, restricted spaces, public pages, hidden assumptions and permission complexity.'
100 - },{
101 - 'title': 'Configuration and deployment',
102 - 'icon': 'server',
103 - 'content': 'Review of configuration choices, deployment assumptions, reverse proxy setup, attachments, logs and operational risks.'
104 - }])
105 - <section class="services" aria-labelledby="review-areas-title">
106 - <div class="container">
107 - <h2 id="review-areas-title">Common security review areas</h2>
108 - <p class="section-intro">
109 - The review focuses on practical XWiki security risks that can affect real production environments,
110 - especially older instances, customized platforms and installations with complex access control.
111 - </p>
112 - <div class="services-grid">
113 - #foreach ($entry in $securityReviewAreaItems)
114 - <article class="service">
115 - <div class="service-icon" aria-hidden="true">
116 - <i class="fa fa-$entry.icon"></i>
117 - </div>
118 - <div class="service-body">
119 - <h4>$entry.title</h4>
120 - <p>$entry.content</p>
121 - </div>
122 - </article>
123 - #end
124 - </div>
125 - </div>
126 - </section>
127 - ## REVIEW APPROACH
128 - #set ($securityReviewProcessItems = [{
129 - 'title': 'Review the current platform state',
130 - 'content': 'XWiki version, extensions, configuration, authentication, deployment model and known customizations.'
131 - },{
132 - 'title': 'Assess access and rights',
133 - 'content': 'User groups, powerful rights, permission inheritance, public visibility and restricted content areas.'
134 - },{
135 - 'title': 'Identify security-relevant risks',
136 - 'content': 'Version exposure, configuration issues, risky rights, outdated components or operational weaknesses.'
137 - },{
138 - 'title': 'Prioritize recommended actions',
139 - 'content': 'Classify findings by practical impact and define realistic remediation steps.'
140 - },{
141 - 'title': 'Plan follow-up improvements',
142 - 'content': 'Upgrade path, rights cleanup, authentication changes, extension updates or maintenance recommendations.'
143 - }])
144 - <section id="security-review-process" class="split-section" aria-labelledby="process-title">
145 - <div class="container">
146 - <div class="split-grid">
147 - <div class="split-copy">
148 - <h2 id="process-title">A practical security review approach</h2>
149 - <p>
150 - The objective is to identify security-relevant risks that are specific to your XWiki setup, not to produce
151 - a generic checklist. A useful review should consider the version, configuration, customizations, extensions,
152 - users, groups and operational context together.
153 - </p>
154 - <p>
155 - The review is handled carefully and responsibly. The goal is to provide actionable findings and safer
156 - next steps without exposing sensitive vulnerability details unnecessarily or disrupting the production instance.
157 - </p>
158 - </div>
159 - <ol class="process-list">
160 - #foreach ($entry in $securityReviewProcessItems)
161 - <li>
162 - <strong>$entry.title</strong>
163 - $entry.content
164 - </li>
165 - #end
166 - </ol>
167 - </div>
168 - </div>
169 - </section>
170 - ## WHAT CAN BE INCLUDED
171 - #set ($securityIncludedItems = [{
172 - 'title': 'Version review',
173 - 'icon': 'refresh',
174 - 'content': 'Review of the current XWiki version, upgrade gap, supported version options and recommended upgrade path.'
175 - },{
176 - 'title': 'Rights review',
177 - 'icon': 'key',
178 - 'content': 'Review of admin, programming, script, edit and view rights across important spaces and user groups.'
179 - },{
180 - 'title': 'Authentication review',
181 - 'icon': 'sign-in',
182 - 'content': 'Review of LDAP, Active Directory, SSO, OIDC, SAML, MFA and user synchronization configuration.'
183 - },{
184 - 'title': 'Findings report',
185 - 'icon': 'file-text-o',
186 - 'content': 'Practical summary of findings, risks, recommended actions and follow-up priorities.'
187 - }])
188 - <section aria-labelledby="included-title">
189 - <div class="container">
190 - <h2 id="included-title">What can be included</h2>
191 - <p class="section-intro">
192 - The scope can be adjusted depending on the sensitivity of the instance, the age of the platform,
193 - the number of users and the complexity of the configuration.
194 - </p>
195 - <div class="widgets">
196 - #foreach ($entry in $securityIncludedItems)
197 - <article class="widget">
198 - <div class="icon" aria-hidden="true">
199 - <i class="fa fa-$entry.icon"></i>
200 - <h4>$entry.title</h4>
201 - </div>
202 - <p>$entry.content</p>
203 - </article>
204 - #end
205 - </div>
206 - </div>
207 - </section>
208 - ## IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
209 - #set ($securityConsiderationItems = [{
210 - 'title': 'Responsible vulnerability handling',
211 - 'icon': 'eye-slash',
212 - 'content': 'Findings are communicated in a way that helps remediation without unnecessarily exposing exploit details.'
213 - },{
214 - 'title': 'Risk-based prioritization',
215 - 'icon': 'balance-scale',
216 - 'content': 'Not all issues have the same impact. Recommendations are prioritized by practical exposure and business context.'
217 - },{
218 - 'title': 'User and group complexity',
219 - 'icon': 'users',
220 - 'content': 'Directory synchronization, group mappings and rights inheritance can create hidden access-control risks.'
221 - },{
222 - 'title': 'Custom code and scripting',
223 - 'icon': 'code',
224 - 'content': 'Custom applications, Velocity scripts, macros and extensions may require review when they affect security-sensitive behavior.'
225 - },{
226 - 'title': 'Upgrade as remediation',
227 - 'icon': 'refresh',
228 - 'content': 'In many cases, the most effective security improvement is a controlled upgrade to a supported XWiki version.'
229 - },{
230 - 'title': 'Actionable next steps',
231 - 'icon': 'check-square-o',
232 - 'content': 'The review should lead to clear remediation actions, not only a list of theoretical concerns.'
233 - }])
234 - <section class="services" aria-labelledby="considerations-title">
235 - <div class="container">
236 - <h2 id="considerations-title">Important considerations</h2>
237 - <p class="section-intro">
238 - A security review should be practical, careful and aligned with the way the XWiki instance is actually used.
239 - The purpose is to reduce risk, not to create unnecessary disruption or expose sensitive information.
240 - </p>
241 - <div class="services-grid">
242 - #foreach ($entry in $securityConsiderationItems)
243 - <article class="service">
244 - <div class="service-icon" aria-hidden="true">
245 - <i class="fa fa-$entry.icon"></i>
246 - </div>
247 - <div class="service-body">
248 - <h4>$entry.title</h4>
249 - <p>$entry.content</p>
250 - </div>
251 - </article>
252 - #end
253 - </div>
254 - </div>
255 - </section>
256 - ## RELATED SERVICES
257 - #set ($relatedSecurityServiceItems = [{
258 - 'title': 'XWiki Upgrade Services',
259 - 'url': 'services.xwiki-upgrades',
260 - 'content': 'Safe LTS upgrades with staging validation, compatibility checks, rollback planning and post-upgrade verification.',
261 - 'linkLabel': 'View upgrade services'
262 - },{
263 - 'title': 'Authentication & Access Control',
264 - 'url': 'services.xwiki-authentication-access-control',
265 - 'content': 'LDAP, Active Directory, SSO, OIDC, SAML, MFA, group synchronization and permissions support.',
266 - 'linkLabel': 'View access control services'
267 - }])
268 - <section class="resource-strip" aria-labelledby="related-title">
269 - <div class="container">
270 - <h2 id="related-title">Related XWiki services</h2>
271 - <p class="section-intro">
272 - Security review often connects naturally with upgrades, maintenance and access-control improvements.
273 - </p>
274 - <div class="resource-grid">
275 - #foreach ($entry in $relatedSecurityServiceItems)
276 - <article class="resource-card">
277 - <h4>$entry.title</h4>
278 - <p>$entry.content</p>
279 - <a href="$xwiki.getURL($entry.url)">$entry.linkLabel</a>
280 - </article>
281 - #end
282 - </div>
283 - </div>
284 - </section>
285 - ## CTA
286 - <section class="cta-section" aria-labelledby="cta-title">
287 - <div class="container">
288 - <div class="cta-panel">
289 - <h2 id="cta-title">Need a security review for your XWiki instance?</h2>
290 - <p>
291 - Send your current XWiki version, hosting model, authentication setup, approximate user/group structure
292 - and any specific security concerns you want to address. A short description is enough to start the review.
293 - </p>
294 - <a class="btn btn-primary" href="$xwiki.getURL('contact.WebHome')">Request a security review</a>
295 - </div>
296 - </div>
297 - </section>
298 -{{/html}}
299 -{{/velocity}}
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