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GHSA-83X8-R8F9-J2F7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-21 21:33 – Updated: 2025-10-21 21:33

Details

Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension: from 1.43 before 1.44.

Severity ?

6.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

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CVE-2025-62661 (GCVE-0-2025-62661)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-21 19:33 – Updated: 2025-10-21 19:51

Summary

Severity ?

6.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

CWE

CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions

Assigner

wikimedia-foundation

References

URL

Tags

	https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397497
	https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Idbc1b5a288ffaa7…
	https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ia584966bb7d4d70…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	The Wikimedia Foundation	Mediawiki - Thanks Extension, Mediawiki - Growth Experiments Extension	Affected: 1.43 , < 1.44 (semver)

Credits

dom_walden mszwarc

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-83X8-R8F9-J2F7

CVE-2025-62661 (GCVE-0-2025-62661)

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