Vulnerability · Published Jul 7, 2025 · Assigned by wikimedia-foundation

CVE-2025-7056Stored XSS in UrlShortener

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Mediawiki - UrlShortener 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 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.4% 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 - UrlShortener Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - UrlShortener Extension: from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - UrlShortener Extension 1.42.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:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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