Vulnerabilites related to Wikimedia Foundation - Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension
CVE-2025-53496 (GCVE-0-2025-53496)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-07 19:12
Modified
2025-07-31 17:28
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension: from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension Version: 1.42.x   
Version: 1.43.x   
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