Vulnerability · Published Feb 2, 2026 · Assigned by wikimedia-foundation

CVE-2025-61642Stored XSS through system messages provided to CodexHtmlForms

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In plain English

A cross-site scripting in MediaWiki 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 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)0.0None

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/htmlform/CodexHTMLForm.Php, includes/htmlform/fields/HTMLButtonField.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:13	mediawiki	1:1.43.6+dfsg-1~deb13u1	DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61642
Debian:14	mediawiki	1:1.43.5+dfsg-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2025-61642
Ubuntu:25.10	mediawiki	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61642
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	mediawiki	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61642
Ubuntu:26.10	mediawiki	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61642

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Wikimedia Foundation	MediaWiki	* – before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402313