CVE-2025-61640Stored XSS through system messages in Special:RecentChangesLinked (MW Core)
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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 resources/src/mediawiki.Rcfilters/ui/RclToOrFromWidget.Js. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.
- CVSS
- 0.0 NONE (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- wikimedia-foundation
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Feb 3, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki wikimedia_foundation:mediawiki (from the name) | before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1 | CNA record |
mediawiki mediawiki mediawiki:mediawiki | before 1.39.14; from 1.39.15 before 1.43.4; from 1.43.5 before 1.44.1 | NVD |
References
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402075permissions-required
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