CVE-2025-53479
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 10 %ileDEEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The CheckUser extension’s Special:CheckUser interface is vulnerable to reflected XSS via the rev-deleted-user message. This message is rendered without proper escaping, making it possible to inject JavaScript through the uselang=x-xss language override mechanism. This issue affects Mediawiki - CheckUser extension: from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (10)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1525MediaWiki Extensions und Skins: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-07-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in MediaWiki ausnutzen, um SQL-Injection- und XSS-Angriffe durchzuführen, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder sich unbefugt höhere Berechtigungen zu verschaffen.
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sources
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references (8)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-53479cnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I159e14543912cb3bc7f4a00c3090c0285b154786cnnvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394693cnnvd
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/CheckUserPatchcnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I159e14543912cb3bc7f4a00c3090c0285b154786enisa_euvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394693enisa_euvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I159e14543912cb3bc7f4a00c3090c0285b154786nvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394693nvd
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