CVE-2025-23072

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - RefreshSpecial Extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - RefreshSpecial Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.11, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ic9547e80a8296d707ad8a157eb8ba7aa26fb08dc
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T378885

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-01-14 19:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 08:51

NVD link : CVE-2025-23072

Mitre link : CVE-2025-23072

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-23072

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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