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CVE-2025-61636

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia F

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/htmlform/fields/HTMLButtonField.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.39.14, 1.43.4, 1.44.1.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.8 EPSS 6e-05
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

3
mediawiki< 1.39.14
mediawiki>= 1.39.15 and < 1.43.4
mediawiki>= 1.43.5 and < 1.44.1
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Scoring & Timeline

4.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Feb 2026 · 12:16 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T394396Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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