CVE-2025-53493: Stored XSS in MintyDocs

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: yes
Published: 2025-07-02 · 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 - MintyDocs Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - MintyDocs Extension: from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - MintyDocs Extension: before 1.4.1 — fixed in 1.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - MintyDocs Extension 1.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/MintyDocs/+/1151800
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T395376

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