CVE-2025-53483
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-07-04
Last updated on: 2025-07-08
Assigner: wikimedia-foundation
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-352 | The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability exists because certain pages in the Mediawiki SecurePoll extension (ArchivePage.php, UnarchivePage.php, and VoterEligibilityPage#executeClear()) do not validate request methods or CSRF tokens. This means that if an administrator visits a malicious website, an attacker can trick the admin's browser into performing sensitive actions without their consent.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can allow attackers to perform unauthorized sensitive actions within the Mediawiki SecurePoll extension if an admin visits a malicious site. This could lead to unauthorized changes or manipulations of poll data or settings, potentially compromising the integrity and reliability of the polling system.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
To mitigate this vulnerability, update the Mediawiki SecurePoll extension to a fixed version: 1.39.13 or later if you are on 1.39.X, 1.42.7 or later if on 1.42.X, or 1.43.2 or later if on 1.43.X. These updates address the lack of request method and CSRF token validation that allows attackers to trigger sensitive actions.