CVE-2025-53501

Improper Access Control vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Scribunto Extension allows : Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by Authorization.This issue affects Mediawiki - Scribunto Extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.12, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Scribunto/+/1164541	Patch
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T397524	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:xtex:scribunto:-:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-07-03 17:15

Updated : 2025-10-01 14:17

NVD link : CVE-2025-53501

Mitre link : CVE-2025-53501

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-53501

JSON object : View

Products Affected

xtex

scribunto

mediawiki

mediawiki

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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