Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by wikimedia-foundation
CVE-2025-62701Stored XSS through system messages
Medium 6.9
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Mediawiki - Wikistories from The Wikimedia Foundation. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Wikistories allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - Wikistories: from master before 1.44.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-62701 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-62701 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | mediawiki | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-62701 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| The Wikimedia Foundation | Mediawiki - Wikistories | master – before 1.44 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L