CVE-2025-53478

The CheckUser extensions Special:Investigate interface is vulnerable to reflected XSS due to improper escaping of certain internationalized system messages rendered on the IPs and User agents tab.




This issue affects Mediawiki - CheckUser 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.
Cross-site Scripting
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.4 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
wikimedia-foundationCNA
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CISA-ADPADP
5.4 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I3a1e21b6800ff4d813a33ee9fe9b7ccf070b6b2e
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394692