CVE-2025-62664: Stored XSS through a system message in ImageRating

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v4.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-10-18 · updated 2026-10-09
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - ImageRating Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - ImageRating Extension: from master before 1.39.

Affected products

The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - ImageRating Extension: from master before 1.39 — fixed in 1.39

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - ImageRating Extension 1.39. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ie42bba0d80bace319cf88d71233db1f598ac613b
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T402002

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