Cross-Site Request Forgery and XSS in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension
CVE-2025-23081

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wikimedia Foundation
Status
Mediawiki - Datatransfer Extension
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 January 2025

Summary

The vulnerability in the Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension allows attackers to exploit the system via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This flaw enables unauthorized actions and script injection, compromising user data and application integrity. Users of versions prior to 1.39.11, 1.41.3, and 1.42.2 are urged to update their extensions to mitigate these security issues.

Affected Version(s)

Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension 1.39.x < 1.39.11

Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension 1.41.x < 1.41.3

Mediawiki - DataTransfer Extension 1.42.x < 1.42.2

References

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T379749
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I773c616db781d2f3f30893a...
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I7c9de4c8dcdb3276ba923c6...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

Credit

BlankEclair (Claire)
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