CVE-2025-53502
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Publication date: 2025-07-03
Last updated on: 2025-07-08
Assigner: wikimedia-foundation
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-20 | The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is an Improper Input Validation issue in the Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - FeaturedFeeds Extension. It allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), meaning that an attacker can inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users through the FeaturedFeeds Extension in certain versions of Mediawiki.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can allow attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of users' browsers, potentially leading to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, or other malicious actions that compromise user security and privacy.