CVE-2025-53485 (GCVE-0-2025-53485)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-04 17:39 – Updated: 2025-07-08 17:38
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Summary
SetTranslationHandler.php does not validate that the user is an election admin, allowing any (even unauthenticated) user to change election-related translation text. While partially broken in newer MediaWiki versions, the check is still missing. This issue affects Mediawiki - SecurePoll 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 ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - SecurePoll 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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