diff --git a/.appsec-tests/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749/CVE-2025-55749.yaml b/.appsec-tests/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749/CVE-2025-55749.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfcf2364384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.appsec-tests/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749/CVE-2025-55749.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+## autogenerated on 2026-01-07 15:08:59
+id: CVE-2025-55749
+info:
+  name: CVE-2025-55749
+  author: crowdsec
+  severity: info
+  description: CVE-2025-55749 testing
+  tags: appsec-testing
+http:
+  - method: GET
+    path:
+      - "{{BaseURL}}/webapps/xwiki/WEB-INF/xwiki.properties"
+    cookie-reuse: true
+    matchers:
+    - type: status
+      status:
+        - 403
diff --git a/.appsec-tests/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749/config.yaml b/.appsec-tests/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77983f47bc1
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+++ b/.appsec-tests/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## autogenerated on 2026-01-07 15:08:59
+appsec-rules:
+  - ./appsec-rules/crowdsecurity/base-config.yaml
+  - ./appsec-rules/crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749.yaml
+nuclei_template: CVE-2025-55749.yaml
diff --git a/appsec-rules/crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749.yaml b/appsec-rules/crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63b44876e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appsec-rules/crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+## autogenerated on 2026-01-07 15:08:59
+name: crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749
+description: 'Detects unauthorized access to sensitive files in XWiki webapp directory (CVE-2025-55749)'
+rules:
+  - and:
+      - zones:
+          - URI
+        transform:
+          - lowercase
+          - urldecode
+        match:
+          type: contains
+          value: /webapps/xwiki/web-inf/xwiki.properties
+
+labels:
+  type: exploit
+  service: http
+  confidence: 3
+  spoofable: 0
+  behavior: 'http:exploit'
+  label: 'XWiki - Information Disclosure'
+  classification:
+    - cve.CVE-2025-55749
+    - attack.T1592
+    - cwe.CWE-284
diff --git a/collections/crowdsecurity/appsec-virtual-patching.yaml b/collections/crowdsecurity/appsec-virtual-patching.yaml
index 8fef0e85b27..7d16342349a 100644
--- a/collections/crowdsecurity/appsec-virtual-patching.yaml
+++ b/collections/crowdsecurity/appsec-virtual-patching.yaml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ appsec-rules:
 - crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2025-13315
 - crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2025-52970
 - crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2025-47188
+- crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2025-55749
 - crowdsecurity/vpatch-CVE-2024-2862
 author: crowdsecurity
 contexts: