Vulnerability · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Assigned by wikimedia-foundation

CVE-2025-53484SecurePoll: Multiple locations vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via unescaped input

Critical 9.8

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A critical-severity cross-site scripting in Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension from Wikimedia Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

User-controlled inputs are improperly escaped in: * VotePage.php (poll option input) * ResultPage::getPagesTab() and getErrorsTab() (user-controllable page names) This allows attackers to inject JavaScript and compromise user sessions under certain conditions. 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Wikimedia Foundation	Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension	1.39.x – before 1.39.131.42.x – before 1.42.71.43.x – before 1.43.2

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Affected products (as reported)

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