CVE-2025-6926 (GCVE-0-2025-6926)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-03 16:23 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:07
VLAI
Title
Security Authentication Bypass in CentralAuth
Summary
Improper Authentication vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CentralAuth Extension allows : Bypass Authentication.This issue affects Mediawiki - CentralAuth Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CentralAuth Extension Affected: 1.39.x , < 1.39.13 (semver)
Affected: 1.42.x , < 1.42.7 (semver)
Affected: 1.43.x , < 1.43.2 (semver)
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Credits
Tgr
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