CVE-2025-53500
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-07-03
Last updated on: 2025-09-30
Assigner: wikimedia-foundation
Description
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| malvineous | masseditregex | * |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | From 1.39.0 (inc) to 1.39.12 (exc) |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | From 1.42.0 (inc) to 1.42.7 (exc) |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | From 1.43.0 (inc) to 1.43.2 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki MassEditRegex Extension. It occurs due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts that are stored and later executed in users' browsers.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can allow attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or distribution of malware to users.