CVE-2025-53485
highpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 21 %ileDEEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
SetTranslationHandler.php does not validate that the user is an election admin, allowing any (even unauthenticated) user to change election-related translation text. While partially broken in newer MediaWiki versions, the check is still missing. This issue affects Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
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.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-53485cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53485cnnvd
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ExtensionDistributor/SecurePollPatchcnnvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/149668enisa_euvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392341enisa_euvd
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/149668nvd
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392341nvd
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