CVE-2025-32078: XSSes and potential RCE in Special:VersionCompare

6.9 CVSS

Description

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Version Compare Extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Mediawiki - Version Compare Extension: from 1.39 through 1.43.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-32078

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 6.9

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Problem Types

CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Affected Products

Vendor: The Wikimedia Foundation

Product: Mediawiki - Version Compare Extension

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.44% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-20 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32078
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T384269
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/If901b3b98e615e1a4f4034d932d2d592000b51d0

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