Vulnerability · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Assigned by wikimedia-foundation

CVE-2025-53502HTML injection in FeaturedFeeds

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in Mediawiki - FeaturedFeeds 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 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - FeaturedFeeds Extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - FeaturedFeeds Extension: 1.39.X, 1.42.X, 1.43.X.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - FeaturedFeeds Extension 1.39.x1.42.x1.43.x

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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