CVE-2025-53496 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/MediaSearch/+/1166030
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396946

History

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - MediaSearch Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
Title		Stored XSS in MediaSearch
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/MediaSearch/+/1166030 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396946

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published: 2025-07-07T19:12:46.564Z

Updated: 2025-07-07T20:57:46.462Z

Reserved: 2025-06-30T15:36:34.120Z

Link: CVE-2025-53496

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-07T20:57:42.506Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-07-07T20:15:27.910

Modified: 2025-07-07T21:15:25.130

Link: CVE-2025-53496

Redhat

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