CVE-2025-11175 (GCVE-0-2025-11175)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-30 19:12 – Updated: 2026-01-30 19:29
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Title
DiscussionTools should use better regex
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension allows Regular Expression Exponential Blowup.This issue affects Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension: 1.44, 1.43.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension Affected: 1.44
Affected: 1.43
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Credits
Matmarex Bartosz
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