CVE-2025-53497 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - RelatedArticles Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - RelatedArticles Extension: 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 poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/RelatedArticles/+/1166024
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396413

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': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 16:45:00 +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 - RelatedArticles Extension allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - RelatedArticles Extension: from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.
Title		Stored XSS in RelatedArticles
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/RelatedArticles/+/1166024 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T396413

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published: 2025-07-07T16:28:49.827Z

Updated: 2025-07-07T20:46:30.045Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-53497

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-07T20:46:23.629Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-07-07T17:15:29.400

Modified: 2025-07-07T21:15:25.290

Link: CVE-2025-53497

Redhat

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