CVE-2025-23072 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - RefreshSpecial Extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - RefreshSpecial Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.11, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

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.

The EPSS score is 0.0019.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ic9547e80a8296d707ad8a157eb8ba7aa26fb08dc
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T378885

History

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:45:00 +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 - RefreshSpecial Extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - RefreshSpecial Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.11, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.
Title		XSS in Special:RefreshSpecial
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Ic9547e80a8296d707ad8a157eb8ba7aa26fb08dc https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T378885

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published: 2025-01-14T18:29:20.768Z

Updated: 2025-03-13T18:20:27.524Z

Reserved: 2025-01-10T17:00:37.684Z

Link: CVE-2025-23072

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-02-12T20:25:40.406Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-01-14T19:15:45.007

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-23072

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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