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CVE-2025-53484: SecurePoll: Multiple locations vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via unescaped input

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• 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: 2025-07-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

User-controlled inputs are improperly escaped in: * VotePage.php (poll option input) * ResultPage::getPagesTab() and getErrorsTab() (user-controllable page names) This allows attackers to inject JavaScript and compromise user sessions under certain conditions. This issue affects Mediawiki - SecurePoll 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.

Affected products

• Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - SecurePoll 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 — fixed in 1.39.13, 1.42.7, 1.43.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - SecurePoll extension 1.39.13, 1.42.7, 1.43.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1149655
• https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1149669
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392341

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