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GHSA-HM63-7QMR-X46J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-07 21:31 – Updated: 2025-07-07 21:31

Details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2025-53496 (GCVE-0-2025-53496)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-07 19:12 – Updated: 2025-07-31 17:28

Summary

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

wikimedia-foundation

References

URL

Tags

	https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396946
	https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extens…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Wikimedia Foundation	Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension	Affected: 1.42.x , < 1.42.7 (semver) Affected: 1.43.x , < 1.43.2 (semver)

Credits

SomeRandomDeveloper

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Sightings

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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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