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CVE-2025-61640

Stored XSS through system messages in Special:RecentChangesLinked (MW Core)

Published: Feb 2, 2026Updated: Feb 3, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-79
4.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 87.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.Rcfilters/ui/RclToOrFromWidget.Js. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
L
I:LIntegrity
L
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
MediaWikiOn-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
Wikimedia Foundation
oss-project·USaka wikimedia
MediaWikiOn-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402075
phabricator.wikimedia.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61640
nvd.nist.gov
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402075
phabricator.wikimedia.org
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