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CVE-2025-53485: SecurePoll: Unauthorized access to SetTranslationHandler allows arbitrary text changes

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2025-07-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

SetTranslationHandler.php does not validate that the user is an election admin, allowing any (even unauthenticated) user to change election-related translation text. While partially broken in newer MediaWiki versions, the check is still missing. 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/149668
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T392341

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