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CVE-2025-61653 (GCVE-0-2025-61653)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-03 00:57 – Updated: 2026-03-03 15:46
VLAI
Title
Extension:TextExtracts does not check for authorizeRead when returning extracts
Summary
Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation TextExtracts. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/ApiQueryExtracts.Php. This issue affects TextExtracts: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.
Severity
2.7 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-03 20:59 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Wikimedia Foundation TextExtracts Affected: * , < 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1 (semver)
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