CVE-2025-61644 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 resources/src/mediawiki.Rcfilters/ui/WatchlistTopSectionWidget.Js. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before > fb856ce9cf121e046305116852cca4899ecb48ca.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00043.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References

Link	Providers
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T403411

History

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:15:00 +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. This vulnerability is associated with program files resources/src/mediawiki.Rcfilters/ui/WatchlistTopSectionWidget.Js. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before > fb856ce9cf121e046305116852cca4899ecb48ca.
Title		i18n XSS through Special:Watchlist
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T403411
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 0, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published: 2026-02-02T23:57:17.522Z

Updated: 2026-02-02T23:57:17.522Z

Reserved: 2025-09-29T13:18:40.090Z

Link: CVE-2025-61644

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-03T00:16:10.397

Modified: 2026-02-03T00:16:10.397

Link: CVE-2025-61644

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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