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CVE-2025-11175: DiscussionTools should use better regex

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-917

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension allows Regular Expression Exponential Blowup.This issue affects Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension: 1.44, 1.43.

Affected products

• The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - DiscussionTools Extension: 1.44, 1.43

References

• https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I126203ab1d3ec8c1719cbb5460a887e4d0c2cc6d
• https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I563219f3298a8740e158d130492bf3d2897784d7
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T364910
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396248

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