Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2025 · Assigned by wikimedia-foundation

CVE-2025-23072XSS in Special:RefreshSpecial

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Mediawiki - RefreshSpecial 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 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.2% 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 - RefreshSpecial Extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - RefreshSpecial Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.11, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Wikimedia Foundation	Mediawiki - RefreshSpecial Extension	1.39.x – before 1.39.111.41.x – before 1.41.31.42.x – before 1.42.2

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

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Official description

Affected products (as reported)

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