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CVE-2025-23072: XSS in Special:RefreshSpecial

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

• Wikimedia Foundation 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 — fixed in 1.39.11, 1.41.3, 1.42.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - RefreshSpecial Extension 1.39.11, 1.41.3, 1.42.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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