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CVE-2025-67481 (GCVE-0-2025-67481)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-03 01:30 – Updated: 2026-02-03 15:31
VLAI
Title
mw.message(…).parse() doesn't output safe HTML, but it's being used as if it does
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files resources/src/mediawiki.JqueryMsg/mediawiki.JqueryMsg.Js. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3, 1.45.1.
Severity
0 (None)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/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 15:26 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki Affected: * , < 1.39.16, 1.43.6, 1.44.3, 1.45.1 (semver)
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